Tom T. Hall & Earl Scruggs - Song Of The South Chords
Tempo:
90.55 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
G
Em
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [A] [G]
[D] [A] [G]
[A] [D] [A] [G]
[D] [A] [G]
[A] [D] Cotton on the [A] roadside, cotton in the [G] ditch, we all picked the [D] cotton but we never got rich.
Daddy was a [A] veteran, a southern democrat, [G] said they ought to kill the [D] rich men, a boat like that.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the [G] south, sweet potato [D] pie in the cup of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the [G] wind, ain't [D] nobody looking back again.
[A] [G]
[A] [D] [A] [G]
[A] [D] Well I was [A] eighteen, for I ate my [G] fill, we lived on the [D] garden and the cows stood well.
Winter was [A] wet, summer was [G] dry, and mama she was [D] old at thirty-five.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the [G] south, sweet potato [D] pie in the shut of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the [G] wind, ain't [D] nobody looking back again.
[A] [G]
[D] [A] [G]
[A] [D] Well somebody [A] told us that Wall Street [G] fell, so damn [D] poor we couldn't even tell.
Cotton was [A] short and the weeds were [G] tall, Mr.
Roosevelt [D] was gonna save us all.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the [G] south, sweet potato [D] pie in the shut of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the [G] wind, ain't [D] nobody looking back again.
[A] [G]
[A] [D] [A] [G]
[D] Well mama got sick, [A] daddy got down, [G] county got the farm [D] and we moved to town.
Daddy took a job [A] with the TVA, we [G] bought a washing machine [D] and a new Chevrolet.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the south, [G] sweet potato [D] pie in the shut of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the wind, [G] ain't nobody [D] looking back again.
Sing [A] a song, a song of the south, [G] sweet potato pie [D] in the shut of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the wind, [G] ain't nobody [D] looking back again.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the south, [G] sweet potato pie [D] in the shut of my mouth.
Come [A] on, come on, let's go to the dance.
[G] Ain't nobody looking [D] back again.
Let's make a song.
[A] [G] [Em] [D] [Bm]
[D] [A] [G]
[A] [D] [A] [G]
[D] [A] [G]
[A] [D] Cotton on the [A] roadside, cotton in the [G] ditch, we all picked the [D] cotton but we never got rich.
Daddy was a [A] veteran, a southern democrat, [G] said they ought to kill the [D] rich men, a boat like that.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the [G] south, sweet potato [D] pie in the cup of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the [G] wind, ain't [D] nobody looking back again.
[A] [G]
[A] [D] [A] [G]
[A] [D] Well I was [A] eighteen, for I ate my [G] fill, we lived on the [D] garden and the cows stood well.
Winter was [A] wet, summer was [G] dry, and mama she was [D] old at thirty-five.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the [G] south, sweet potato [D] pie in the shut of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the [G] wind, ain't [D] nobody looking back again.
[A] [G]
[D] [A] [G]
[A] [D] Well somebody [A] told us that Wall Street [G] fell, so damn [D] poor we couldn't even tell.
Cotton was [A] short and the weeds were [G] tall, Mr.
Roosevelt [D] was gonna save us all.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the [G] south, sweet potato [D] pie in the shut of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the [G] wind, ain't [D] nobody looking back again.
[A] [G]
[A] [D] [A] [G]
[D] Well mama got sick, [A] daddy got down, [G] county got the farm [D] and we moved to town.
Daddy took a job [A] with the TVA, we [G] bought a washing machine [D] and a new Chevrolet.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the south, [G] sweet potato [D] pie in the shut of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the wind, [G] ain't nobody [D] looking back again.
Sing [A] a song, a song of the south, [G] sweet potato pie [D] in the shut of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the wind, [G] ain't nobody [D] looking back again.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the south, [G] sweet potato pie [D] in the shut of my mouth.
Come [A] on, come on, let's go to the dance.
[G] Ain't nobody looking [D] back again.
Let's make a song.
[A] [G] [Em] [D] [Bm]
Key:
A
D
G
Em
Bm
A
D
G
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ [D] Cotton on the [A] roadside, cotton in the [G] ditch, we all picked the [D] cotton but we never got rich.
Daddy was a [A] veteran, a southern democrat, [G] said they ought to kill the [D] rich men, a boat like that.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the [G] south, sweet potato [D] pie in the cup of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the [G] wind, ain't [D] nobody looking back again.
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ [D] Well I was [A] eighteen, for I ate my [G] fill, we lived on the [D] garden and the cows stood well.
Winter was [A] wet, summer was [G] dry, and mama she was [D] old at thirty-five.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the [G] south, sweet potato [D] pie in the shut of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the [G] wind, ain't [D] nobody looking back again.
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _
[A] _ [D] Well somebody [A] told us that Wall Street [G] fell, so damn [D] poor we couldn't even tell.
Cotton was [A] short and the weeds were [G] tall, Mr.
Roosevelt [D] was gonna save us all.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the [G] south, sweet potato [D] pie in the shut of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the [G] wind, ain't [D] nobody looking back again.
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ Well mama got sick, [A] daddy got down, [G] county got the farm [D] and we moved to town.
Daddy took a job [A] with the TVA, we [G] bought a washing machine [D] and a new Chevrolet.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the south, [G] sweet potato [D] pie in the shut of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the wind, [G] ain't nobody [D] looking back again.
Sing [A] a song, a song of the south, [G] sweet potato pie [D] in the shut of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the wind, [G] ain't nobody [D] looking back again.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the south, [G] sweet potato pie [D] in the shut of my mouth.
Come [A] on, come on, let's go to the dance.
[G] Ain't nobody looking [D] back again.
Let's make a song.
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ [D] Cotton on the [A] roadside, cotton in the [G] ditch, we all picked the [D] cotton but we never got rich.
Daddy was a [A] veteran, a southern democrat, [G] said they ought to kill the [D] rich men, a boat like that.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the [G] south, sweet potato [D] pie in the cup of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the [G] wind, ain't [D] nobody looking back again.
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ [D] Well I was [A] eighteen, for I ate my [G] fill, we lived on the [D] garden and the cows stood well.
Winter was [A] wet, summer was [G] dry, and mama she was [D] old at thirty-five.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the [G] south, sweet potato [D] pie in the shut of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the [G] wind, ain't [D] nobody looking back again.
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _
[A] _ [D] Well somebody [A] told us that Wall Street [G] fell, so damn [D] poor we couldn't even tell.
Cotton was [A] short and the weeds were [G] tall, Mr.
Roosevelt [D] was gonna save us all.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the [G] south, sweet potato [D] pie in the shut of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the [G] wind, ain't [D] nobody looking back again.
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ Well mama got sick, [A] daddy got down, [G] county got the farm [D] and we moved to town.
Daddy took a job [A] with the TVA, we [G] bought a washing machine [D] and a new Chevrolet.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the south, [G] sweet potato [D] pie in the shut of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the wind, [G] ain't nobody [D] looking back again.
Sing [A] a song, a song of the south, [G] sweet potato pie [D] in the shut of my mouth.
Gone, [A] gone with the wind, [G] ain't nobody [D] looking back again.
Sing a song, [A] a song of the south, [G] sweet potato pie [D] in the shut of my mouth.
Come [A] on, come on, let's go to the dance.
[G] Ain't nobody looking [D] back again.
Let's make a song.
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _