Song Of The South chords by Bobby Bare

Chords with lyrics

This song was written by Bob McDill and was originally recorded by Bobby Bare in 1980 on his ?Drunk and Crazy?
album. That?s where I learned it and that?s where the extra (second) verse comes from which was not included
by Alabama on their hit cover of this song. The ?TVA? mentioned in the last verse is the
?Tennessee Valley Authority?.

SONG OF THE SOUTH

INTRO:
D///A7///G///D/// D///A7///G///D///

[Chorus]
D MajorD   A7A7
Song, song of the south
G+G               D MajorD
Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth
D MajorD   A7A7
Gone, gone with the wind
G+G             D MajorD
There ain't nobody looking back again

D MajorD            A7A7
Cotton on the roadside, cotton in the ditch
G+G              D MajorD
We all picked cotton but we never got rich
D MajorD           A7A7
Daddy was a veteran, a Southern Democrat he said
G+G                D MajorD
They oughta get the rich men to vote like that

[Chorus]
D MajorD   A7A7
Song, song of the south
G+G               D MajorD
Sweet potato pie and I hush my mouth
D MajorD   A7A7
Gone, gone with the wind
G+G             D MajorD
There ain't nobody looking back again


D MajorD             A7A7
When I was eighteen well I ate my fill
G+G               D MajorD
We lived on the garden and the cow?s good will.
D MajorD           A7A7
Summers were hot and winters were dry and
G+G        D MajorD
Momma was old at thirty-five.

[Chorus]
D MajorD   A7A7
Song, song of the south
G+G               D MajorD
Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth
D MajorD   A7A7
Gone, gone with the wind
G+G             D MajorD
There ain't nobody looking back again

D MajorD             A7A7
Well somebody told us that Wall Street had fell
    G+G           D MajorD
We were so damned poor that we couldn't even tell
D MajorD            A7A7
Cotton was short and the weeds was tall
G+G            D MajorD
Mr. Roosevelt was gonna save us all

[Chorus]
D MajorD        A7A7
You sing a song, song of the south
G+G          D MajorD
Sweet potato pie and I hush my mouth
D MajorD        A7A7
I?m gone, now, gone with the wind
G+G             D MajorD
There ain't nobody looking back again

D MajorD            A7A7
Well momma got sick and daddy got down
G+G                D MajorD
The county took the farm and we moved to town
D MajorD            A7A7
Daddy got a job with the TVA
G+G                   D MajorD
We bought a washing machine and then a Chevrolet

[Chorus]
D MajorD   A7A7
Song, song of the south
G+G               D MajorD
Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth
D MajorD   A7A7
Gone, gone with the wind
G+G             D MajorD
There ain't nobody looking back again

Repeat chorus and end. The chorus can be repeated a capella and in harmony for a nice effect.