Chords for Good Ole Boys Like Me

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When I was [E] a kid, Uncle [D] Remus [A] would put me [D] to bed,
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[A] A picture [E] of Stonewall [D] Jackson [A] above my [D] head.
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[F#m] Then Daddy came in to [E] kiss his little man, _
[F#m] With gin on his breath [E] and a Bible in his hand.
[D] He'd talk about honor [E] and things I should know,
[D] Then he'd stagger a little [E] as he went out the door.
_ _ I can [A] still hear [G#m] the soft southern [F#m] winds in [E] the live [D] oak trees,
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[Bm] _ _ [E] And [A] those Williams [G#m] boys, they [F#m] still mean [A] a lot to [D] me.
Hank [Bm] in Tennessee, [E] _ [D] I guess we're all gonna [E] be what we're gonna [F#m] be. _ _
[D] _ _ _ So what do you do [E] with good old boys [A] like me? _
_ _ _ _ Nothing [E] makes [D] a sound in [A] the night like [D] the wind does, _
[E] _ _ _ [A] But you ain't [E] afraid if [D] you're washed in [A] the blood [D] like I was. _
[E] _ _ _ [F#m] The smell of Cape Jasmine [E] through the window screen,
_ [F#m] John R.
and the Wolfman [E] kept me company.
[D] By the light of the radio [E] by my bed,
[D] With Thomas Wolf whispering [E] in my head.
_ _ I can [A] still hear [E] the soft southern [F#m] winds in [A] the live [D] oak trees,
[C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] And [A] those Williams [E] boys, they [F#m] still mean [E] a lot to [D] me.
[C#m] Hank [Bm] in Tennessee, [E] _
[D] I guess we're all gonna [E] be what we're gonna [F#m] be.
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So what do you do [E] with good old boys [A] like me?
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[A] When I was [E] in school [D] I ran with [A] a kid [D] down the street,
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[A] And I watched him [E] burn [D] himself up [A] on bourbon [D] and speed.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ But [F#m] I was smarter than most, [E] and I could choose,
[F#m] Learn to talk like the man on [E] the six o'clock news.
[D] When I was eighteen, [E] Lord, I hit the road,
[D] But it really doesn't matter [E] how far I go.
_ _ I can [A] still hear [G#m] the soft southern [F#m] winds in [A] the live oak [D] trees,
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[Bm] _ _ [E] And [A] those Williams [E] boys, they [F#m] still mean [A] a lot to [D] me.
[C#m] Hank [Bm] in Tennessee, [E] _ [D] I guess we're all gonna [E] be what we're gonna [F#m] be. _ _
[D] _ _ _ So what do you do [E] with good old boys [F#m] like me? _ _
[D] _ _ Yeah, what do you do [E] with good old boys [A] like me? _ _
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