Tuning:CAPO 2nd Fret
Intro:
(Hold the basic framework of a G chord, so that you can sustain the first note.)
e | --------------- |
b | -----0---0----- |
G | -------2------- |
D | ---0-------0h2- |
A | --------------- |
E | -3------------- |
e | ----------------- |
b | -----0----------- |
G | -------0h2-0----- |
D | ---0---------0h2- |
A | ----------------- |
E | -3--------------- | (Repeat a couple of times)
Verses:
G D C D C D
When I was a kid Uncle Remus he put me to bed
G D C D C D
With a picture of Stonewall Jackson above my head
Em D
Then daddy came in to kiss his little man
Em D
With gin on his breath and a Bible in his hand
C D
He talked about honor and things I should know
C D
Then he'd stagger a little as he went out the door
CHORUS:
G D Em D C D
I can still hear the soft Southern winds in the live oak trees
G D Em D C
And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me
D
Hank and Tennessee
C D Em D C
I guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna be
D G
So what do you do with good ole boys like me
Repeat Intro between Chorus & 2nd Verse
Between Chorus & 3rd Verse, you play this:
G D C D
e | ------------------------------------------------------ |
B | -------0-------------3-------------1------------3----- |
G | -----0---0---0-----2---2---2-----0--0---0-----2---2--- |
D | ---0-------0-----0-------0-----2------2-----0-------0- |
A | ---------------0-------------3------------0----------- |
E | -3---------------------------------------------------- |
Last Chorus:
G D Em D C D
I can still hear the soft Southern winds in the live oak trees
G D Em D C
And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me
D
Hank and Tennessee
C D Em D C
I guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna be
D Em D C
So what do you do with good ole boys like me
D
So what do you do with good ole boys like me
Outro:
e | ----------------- |
b | -----0----------- |
G | -------0h2-0----- |
D | ---0---------0h2- |
A | ----------------- |
E | -3--------------- | (x3, the strum a G chord)
