Song Of The South
by
Alabama

  
A (x02220@1)    ESong (022100@1)song of the South
D (xx0232@1)                   
Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth
A (x02220@1)    EGone (022100@1)gone with the wind
D (xx0232@1)                   
Ain't nobody looking back again

 

A (x02220@1)                      ECotton (022100@1)on the roadside cotton in the ditch
DWe (xx0232@1)all picked cotton but we never got rich
A (x02220@1)            EDaddy (022100@1)was a veteran southern democrat
DThey (xx0232@1)oughta get a rich man to vote like that

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A (x02220@1)                           EWell (022100@1)somebody told us that Wall Street fell
DBut (xx0232@1)we were so poor that we couldn't tel
A (x02220@1)                        ECotton (022100@1)was short and the weeds were tall
DBut (xx0232@1)Mr. Roosevelt was gonna save us all

 
A (x02220@1)                      EWell (022100@1)momma got sick and daddy got down
DThe (xx0232@1)county got the farm and we moved to town
A (x02220@1)                     EPapa (022100@1)got a job with the TVA
DHe (xx0232@1)bought a washing machine and then a Chevrolet

Repeat #1