Chords for Johnny Russell "Song Of The South"

Tempo:
72.3 bpm
Chords used:

B

E

F#

C#

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Johnny Russell "Song Of The South" chords
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[E] Cotton on the [B] roadside, cotton in the ditch, [A] we all picked the cotton but [E] we never got rich.
Daddy was a veteran [B] of southern democrats, said [A] they ought to kill the rich man [E] to vote like that, singing
Song, [B] song of the south, [A] sweet potato pie [E] and shut my mouth.
Gone, [B] gone with the wind, [A] ain't nobody [E] looking back again.
Well [B] [E]
I was eighteen, [B] before I ate my fill, [A] we lived on the garden [E] and the cows could will.
Winters were wet [B] and the summers were dry, [A] mama she was [E] old at thirty-five, singing
Song, [B] song of the south, [A] sweet potato pie [E] and shut my mouth.
Gone, [B] gone with the wind, [A] ain't nobody [E] looking back again.
[F] [C] [F] Somebody told [C] us Wall Street fell, [A#] so damn poor [F] we couldn't even tell.
Cotton was [C] short and the weeds were tall, [A#] Mr.
Roosevelt's [F] gonna save us all, singing
Song, [C] song of the south, [A#] sweet potato [F] pie and shut my mouth.
Gone, [C] gone with the wind, [A#] ain't nobody [F] looking back [F#] again.
[C#] [F#]
Mama got [C#] sick and daddy got [B] down, county got the [F#] farm and they moved to town.
Daddy got a [C#] job on the TVA, [B] bought a washing machine [D#m] and a Chevrolet, [F#] singing
Song, [C#] song of the south, [B] sweet potato [F#] pie and shut my mouth.
Gone, [C#] gone with the wind, [B] ain't nobody [F#]
[C#] [B] [F#]
[C#] [B] [F#] looking back again.
Singing Song, [C#] song of the south, [B] sweet potato [F#] pie and shut my mouth.
[C#] [B] [A#]
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E
2311
F#
134211112
C#
12341114
A
1231
B
12341112
E
2311
F#
134211112
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_ _ [E] _ Cotton on the [B] roadside, cotton in the ditch, [A] we all picked the cotton but [E] we never got rich.
Daddy was a veteran [B] of southern democrats, said [A] they ought to kill the rich man [E] to vote like that, singing
Song, [B] song of the south, [A] sweet potato pie [E] and shut my mouth.
Gone, [B] gone with the wind, [A] ain't nobody [E] looking back again.
Well [B] _ [E]
I was eighteen, [B] before I ate my fill, [A] we lived on the garden [E] and the cows could will.
Winters were wet [B] and the summers were dry, [A] mama she was [E] old at thirty-five, singing
Song, [B] song of the south, [A] sweet potato pie [E] and shut my mouth.
Gone, [B] gone with the wind, [A] ain't nobody [E] looking back again.
[F] _ _ [C] _ [F] Somebody told [C] us Wall Street fell, [A#] so damn poor [F] we couldn't even tell.
Cotton was [C] short and the weeds were tall, [A#] Mr.
Roosevelt's [F] gonna save us all, singing
Song, [C] song of the south, [A#] sweet potato [F] pie and shut my mouth.
Gone, [C] gone with the wind, [A#] ain't nobody [F] looking back [F#] again.
_ [C#] _ [F#]
Mama got [C#] sick and daddy got [B] down, county got the [F#] farm and they moved to town.
Daddy got a [C#] job on the TVA, [B] bought a washing machine [D#m] and a Chevrolet, [F#] singing
Song, [C#] song of the south, [B] sweet potato [F#] pie and shut my mouth.
Gone, [C#] gone with the wind, [B] ain't nobody [F#] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ [F#] looking back again.
Singing Song, [C#] song of the south, [B] sweet potato [F#] pie and shut my mouth.
_ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ [A#] _ _

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