Originally in A, I play in G
Intro
| G | D | C | C |
| x2 |
| G | D |
| Song, | song of the South |
| C |
| Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth |
| G | D |
| Gone, | gone with the wind |
| C | C | |
| There | ain’t nobody lookin’ back ag | ain |
| G |
| G | D |
| Cotton on the roadside, | cotton in the ditch |
| C | |
| We | all picked the cotton but we never got rich |
| G | D |
| Daddy was a veteran, a | southern Democrat |
| C |
| They oughta get a rich man to vote like that, singin’ |
| G | D |
| Song, | song of the South |
| C |
| Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth |
| G | D |
| Gone, | gone with the wind |
| C | C | |
| There | ain’t nobody lookin’ back ag | ain |
| G | D | C | C |
| x2 |
| G |
| G | D | |
| Well, s | omebody told us W | all Street fell |
| C | |
| But | we were so poor that we couldn’t tell |
| G | D |
| Cotton was short and the | weeds were tall |
| C | |
| But Mr. | Roosevelt a-gonna save us all |
| C |
| G | D | |
| Well, | mama got sick and | daddy got down |
| C | |
| The | county got the farm and he moved to town |
| G | D |
| Papa got a job with the | TVA |
| C | |
| He bought a | washing machine and then a Chevrolet |
| C |
| G | D | |
| Singin, | song, | song of the South |
| C |
| Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth |
| G | D |
| Gone, | gone with the wind |
| C | C | |
| There | ain’t nobody lookin’ back a | gain |
| C |
Fiddle breakdown
| G | D | C | C |
| x2 |
| G | D | |
| Singin, | song, | song of the South |
| C |
| Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth |
| G | D |
| Gone, | gone with the wind |
| C | C | |
| There | ain’t nobody lookin’ back a | gain |
| G | D | |
| Singin, | song, | song of the South |
| C |
| Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth |
| G | D |
| Gone, | gone with the wind |
| C | C | |
| There | ain’t nobody lookin’ back a | gain |
| G |