Chords for Corey Smith live performing The Redneck in Me www.LiveInTheMusic.com

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Let me get down [Bm] to sound check first.
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_ _ [D] _ This is the saw I use to check my sound.
_ It's not real fake and it surely [A] ain't for old fangirls.
[N] If someone would be kind enough to hand me that white cup with my bourbon in it, then we can get the show started. _ _ _ _
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Welcome.
_ _ _ My name is Cory.
_ [Eb] I started out playing in places that sold wings and beer.
And I had to play that sound check song a lot.
I didn't know it was going to come in handy so many years later.
_ _ I've got a belly full of seafood [D] and wine mixed with rum and now bourbon. _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ I don't know what's going to happen. _
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First question is, did anybody see my performance last night at five? _
Shit, I was hoping that no one did because then I could use some of the same tricks.
Now I've got to be more creative. _ _ _
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I don't have a set list.
What I told people last night is [Ab] I'm on vacation.
When I play a [F] show, most of the time there's a laundry list of songs that I know I have to play.
And there's a bunch of songs that I feel like playing but I can't play because people might be [Bb] mad.
So I'm on vacation so I look out and I can play [B] whatever the hell I want.
I feel _ _ _ [D] like I'm a freak.
_ [Eb] I'm going to start by playing a song about _ where I come from, which is comedy and country music.
I come from a little town called [Gm] Jefferson, Georgia.
_ _ [N] And I come from a family full of rednecks.
_ _ And I'm here tonight to crush every stereotype you have about rednecks.
And I hope this song will contribute to that.
See, I spent years trying to pretend like I wasn't a redneck.
And I had a lot of [Bb] people remind me that whenever I drink too [D] much or whenever I'm around the wrong crowd,
the redneck in me always seems to come back out.
So I decided to write this song about my predicament.
Maybe you can identify, maybe not.
This is called The Redneck in [Bm] Me. _ _
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_ Most of the time I'm [G] fairly civilized.
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Try to hide my low class [A] backward ways.
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We both know I [G] wear a thin disguise.
_ You've seen [D] my true [A] colors shine this [D] Friday's day.
_ _ [G] _ Yeah, when you bring out [G] the [D] redneck in me. _ _ _
Honey, you know just how crazy [A] I can be.
_ _ I [D] cuss and I fight [G] and I drink all night [D] till I lose my [G] dignity.
[D] When you bring [A] out the [D] redneck in me.
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I traded in my pickup [G] truck for an SUV.
_ _ [D] Bought some khaki pants and burned my [A] old blue _ jeans.
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Cause I've tried to join middle class [G] society.
_ _ I [D] got a white collar job [A] with a college [D]
degree.
That is UGA. _ _ _
Bring [G] out the _ [D] redneck in me.
_ _ _ Honey, you know just how crazy I [A] can be.
_ [D] _ I cuss and I fight [G] and I drink all night [D] till I lose my [G] dignity.
_ [D] When you bring out [A] the _ [D] redneck in me.
Bring it out, bring it out.
[G] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ Go.
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My southern accent ain't [G] so hard to hide.
_ [D] I can sound educated if the timing [A] is right.
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And I seldom speak about [G] my rebel pride.
_ [D] Unless I'm down 38 [A] raising hair on a [D] Saturday [D] night.
_ [G] _ That's when you bring [G] out the [D] redneck in me. _ _ _ _
Honey, you know just how crazy [A] I can be.
_ _ [A] _ I [D] cuss and I fight [G] and I drink all night [D] till I lose my dignity.
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When you bring [A] out the [D] redneck in me.
Oh _ yeah, when you bring out [A] the redneck in me.
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