That's What I Like About The South chords by Phil Harris

Chords with lyrics

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Won't you come with me to Alabamy
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Let's go see my dear old mammy
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She's frying eggs and broilin' hammy
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That's what I like about the South

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Now there you can make no mistake-y
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Where those nerves are never shaky
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Ought to taste her layer cake-y
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That's what I like about the South

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She's got big ribs and candied yams
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Oh, sugar cured Virginia hams
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Basements full of those berry jams
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And that's what I like about the South

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Hot cornbread and black-eyed peas
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You can eat as much as you please
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'Cause it's never out of season
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That's what I like about the South

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Aaaaah, don't take one, have two
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They're dark brown and chocolate too
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Suits me they must suit you
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'Cause that's what I like about the South

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It's a way, way down where the cane grows tall
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Down where they say "you all"
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Walk on in with that Southern drawl
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'Cause that's what I like about the South

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Sit down where they have those pretty queens
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Keep a dreamin' those dreamy dreams
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Well let's sip that absinthe in New Orleans
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And that's what I like about the South

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Here come ol’ Bob with all the news
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Got the box back coat and the button shoes
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Well he's all caught up with his union dues
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And that's what I like about the South

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Here come ol’ Roy down the street
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Ho, can’t you hear those coupla feet
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He would rather sleep than eat
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And tha tha tha that’s what I like about the South

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Now every time I pass your door
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You act like you don’t want me no more
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Why don’t you shake your head and sigh
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And I’ll go walkin’ right on by

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Gone on, on and on and on
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Honey when you tell me that you love me
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Then how come you close your eyes

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Did I tell you about the place called Do-I-Ditty
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It ain’t no town and it ain’t no city
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It’s just awful small but awful pretty
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With Do-I-Ditty

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I didn’t come here to criticize
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I’m not here to sympathize
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But don’t call me those no good lies
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Cause a lyin’ gal I do despise

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You love me like I love you
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Send me fifty PDQ
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Roses are red and violets are pink
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I won’t get ol’ fifty I don’t think

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She’s got back bones and buttered beans
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Ham hocks and turnip greens
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You and me in New Oleans
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And that’s what I like about the South

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