Southern Son chords by Kip Moore

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

D   G   A   D
D   G   A


Chorus:
       D        G       A              D
I'm a Southern son, no matter where I run
         D     G            A           D
Another Dixie Child, Mississippi River wild
       D/F#     G       A                   Bm7
I'm a Southern son, baptized in his crimson mud

                                   G
I'll always claim the ground where I come from
       Em  Em7  D   G   D
I'm a Southern son

Verse:
       D
I'm a try and rise above her
       G
I'm a keeper of my brother
    A                           D
My mother, now that Daddy's gone

       D                           G
I'm a cusser, I'm a prayer, I'm a get-in-my-wayer
     A                    D
I'm stubborn as a day is long

        D                        G
Had to pay a little bail at the Macon County jail
        Asus4                 D
When my buddy lost a barroom fight

           D
And I'm a mover, I'm a shaker
       G
I'm a pour-a-shot-and-taker
        A                        D
At the end of every day and night


Chorus:
       D/F#     G       A              D
I'm a Southern son, no matter where I run
        D/F#   G            A           D
Another Dixie Child, Mississippi River wild
       D/F#     G       A                   Bm7
I'm a Southern son, baptized in his crimson mud

                                   G
I'll always claim the ground where I come from
       Em7      D   G   A   D
I'm a Southern so-o-on


Verse:
               D
Her blue eyes called me up in BC
            G
Worked her northern magic on me
        A                       D
Had to say goodbye to being free

               D
Someday, I'll probably take her hand
           G
Sink some roots down in the sand
    A                  D
In Georgia or Tennessee


Chorus:
              D/F#     G       A              D
'Cause I'm a Southern son, no matter where I run
        D/F#   G            A           D
Another Dixie Child, Mississippi River wild
            D/F#     G       A                   Bm7
Yeah I'm a Southern son, baptized in his crimson mud

                                   G
I'll always claim the ground where I come from
       Em7     D/F# G   A   D
I'm a Southern so-o-on


Break:
      D/F# G   A    D
Yeah, so-o-on
      D/F# G   A    Bm7
Yeah, so-o-on
      Bm   G   A    A    A
Yeah, so-o-on

             D
I've been a loner on my own
   G
A damn rolling stone
             A                              D
I'm kind of feeling like those days are gone

 D                            G
Traveled on the gravel all around this world
            A                        D
Think it's time I go and raise me one


Outro:
D/F# G   A   D
So-o-on
         D/F#      G   A   D
A little Southern son

      D/F# G   A   Bm
Yeah, so-o-on
          Bm       G    Em
A little Southern son