Son of the New south
Travis Tritt
Stnd Tuning

   D (xx0232@1)                           CRaised (x32010@1)a child of farmer folks down in the Southern land
    G (320003@1)                                     C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)   DI (xx0232@1)worked all day in the summer sun 'til my back was leather tan
                                        CNow (x32010@1)I've been called hillbilly, I've been called a redneck too
 G (320003@1)                                       C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)       DBut (xx0232@1)I ain't backwards, dumb or poor, I'm just red, white and blue

[Chorus]
        G (320003@1)                  D (xx0232@1)Son of the New South, step-child to Uncle Sam
   C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)         DBaptized (xx0232@1)in 100 proof and saved by the blood of the lamb
             G (320003@1)               DThis (xx0232@1)is the New South, still drink our tea from a Mason jar
              C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)    DWe're (xx0232@1)the backbone of this country and we're proud of who we are

C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)
From Richmond to Montgomery From San Antone to Caroline

There's a brand new spirit sweepin' in Like wind through Georgia pines

I hold on to some old ways I ain't scared to try the new 

But what it comes to what I change I'll be the one to choose

[Repeat Chorus]

Solo:  G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)
(basically the first two lines of the chorus)

 GWell (320003@1)the times are a changin'
 DAnd (xx0232@1)the South has come of age
 GWe've (320003@1)put the past behind us
 AIt's (x02220@1)time to turn the page

Repeat Chorus x2

C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)x2