The country two-step — the dance-hall boom-chick of honky-tonk and modern country: boom on 1 and 3, chick on 2 and 4. It is the beat under countless Texas dance-hall records, and the step itself (quick-quick-slow-slow) is danced to it.
How it sits: the bass alternates root and fifth on 1 and 3 (G–D, then D–A) and lets each note ring for a beat; the guitar answers with short, downstroked chords on 2 and 4 that line up with the snare. The kick doubles the bass and the hi-hat keeps light eighths — a sparser cousin of the train-beat, whose snare plays continuous sixteenths instead.
Listen for the hand-off: low note, chord, low note, chord. The chords should be clipped so the bass notes have room.
Practice: play only the bass on 1 and 3 while clapping 2 and 4, then swap; at speed, keep the chord strokes short and relaxed.