Alabama - Song of the South
Originally in A, I play in G
Intro
GDCCx2
GSong, Dsong of the South
CSweet potato pie and I shut my mouth
GGone, Dgone with the wind
There Cain’t nobody lookin’ back agCain
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GCotton on the roadside, Dcotton in the ditch
We Call picked the cotton but we never got rich
GDaddy was a veteran, a Dsouthern Democrat
CThey oughta get a rich man to vote like that, singin’
GSong, Dsong of the South
CSweet potato pie and I shut my mouth
GGone, Dgone with the wind
There Cain’t nobody lookin’ back agCain
GDCCx2
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Well, sGomebody told us WDall Street fell
But Cwe were so poor that we couldn’t tell
GCotton was short and the Dweeds were tall
But Mr. CRoosevelt a-gonna save us all
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Well, Gmama got sick and Ddaddy got down
The Ccounty got the farm and he moved to town
GPapa got a job with the DTVA
He bought a Cwashing machine and then a Chevrolet
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Singin, Gsong, Dsong of the South
CSweet potato pie and I shut my mouth
GGone, Dgone with the wind
There Cain’t nobody lookin’ back aCgain
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Fiddle breakdown
GDCCx2
Singin, Gsong, Dsong of the South
CSweet potato pie and I shut my mouth
GGone, Dgone with the wind
There Cain’t nobody lookin’ back aCgain
Singin, Gsong, Dsong of the South
CSweet potato pie and I shut my mouth
GGone, Dgone with the wind
There Cain’t nobody lookin’ back aCgain
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