Ever South Chords by Drive-By Truckers

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Backed our few belongings and we moved across the ocean
To start a new life in this land so bold and vast
Dispersed from Ellis Island, my [Em] distant Irish kin
Eyes cut to the future, hearts tied to the past _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ We held tight to our loved ones and we held on to the promise
Scraped our meager living hand to mouth
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Prayed to [B] what would have us every doubt in John Thomas
Spread through Appalachia ever south
_ Spread through [C] Appalachia [D] ever south
And [Em] I hear we weren't [D] welcomed here, at least not in those days
[Em] No one needs our drunken [D] fighting thieving kind
[Em] But we settled in this new place and [D] we worked it in our ways
[Em] And we spread our kin upon [D] it in due time
_ _ [E] Spread [C] our kin upon it in due [D] time
_ [C] We fought our losing [G] battles and we held on to our [D] ways
[C] And we talked of how we [G] left behind our better days
[D] [C] Some were living [G] lives of leisure, some surviving [D] hand to mouth
[Em] Bashed our heads against the future [D] ever south
_ [Em] Bashed our heads against the future [D] ever south
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] I set my sights upon you [D] we were both still in our prime
[Em] We were moving in big circles [Bm] that I sought out to [Em] combine
And I held you in my arms and [G] swore eternal love this time
[C] Tried to lasso broader futures and [D] let it drag us both behind
_ [Em] Lasso [C] broader futures and let [D] it drag us both behind
[Em] So _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] we aimed our [G] sights westward like so many [D] did before
_ [C] Expanding [G] our horizons to some distant shore
[D] _ [C] Where everyone takes notice [G] of the draw that leaves [D] our mouth
So [Em] no matter where we are we're ever [D] south
_ [Em] No matter where we are we're ever [D] south
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_ [D] _ _ _ Now [Em] my Christian southern brethren [D] we'll tell you all what for
To keep [Em] your heaving ways up in you and your shoes [A] outside the door
[Em] Take your stand for noble causes till you just [B] can't stand no more
[Em] And surrender to some savior praise the Lord
_ _ Surrender to some savior praise the Lord _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] But despite our best intentions [D] it pains me to report
We [Em] keep swinging for the [G] fences [D] coming up a little short
[Em] We sure can get it wrong [D] for someone said about
I hear [Em] you whistling past the graveyard [D] again down
_ _ [Em] Whistling [G] past the graveyard [D] again down
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] [C] Ever southern in my [G] carriage ever southern in [D] my stance
[C] In the [G] Irish of my complexion and the Scottish in [D] my dance
[C] In the way I bang my head against [G] my daily circumstance
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[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] This blue-eyed [G] southern devil will take you out upon [D] the prowl
[C] With [G] decadence and charm we'll take it [D] into town
Tell [C] you stories of [G] our fathers and the glories of [D] our house
[Em] Always told a little slower ever [D] south
_ Always [Em] told a little slower ever [D] south
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