Chords for Rednecks (2002 Remaster)
Tempo:
116 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Em
A
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] Last night I saw [G] Lester Maddox on a TV show
[Em] With some smart-ass New York Jew
And the Jew [Bm] laughed at Lester [A] Maddox
[C] And the audience [G] laughed at Lester Maddox too
[Em] Well he may [G] be a fool, [Em] but he's our fool
And if they think they're [G] better than him, [A] they're wrong
[Em] So I went to [G] the park and I [C] took some paper [A] along
[C] And [G] that's where I made this song
[D] We
[G] talk real [Dm] funny [G] down [F#] here
[D] We [G] [D] drink too much, [G] we laugh [D] too loud
[G] We're too [D] dumb to [Em] make it in no northern town
[A] We [Am] keep it [G] in the other town
[D] We [G] got [D] low neck [Dm] poor men [G] from [D] Texas
[G] [D] Good old boys [G] from Tennessee
[D] [G] [Em] College men from [G] LSU
Went [D] in [Em] dumb, come out dumb too
[G] Hustling [D] around [Em] Atlanta in their alligator [G] shoes
Getting drunk [F#m] every [Em] weekend at the barbecue
[A] We keep it [G] in the others' down
We're [C]
rednecks, [G] we're [C] rednecks
[G] We [D] don't know our [C] ass from a hole in the ground
[G] [D] We're rednecks, [G] we're [D] rednecks
[A] We keep [G] it in the niggers' down
Now
[Em] [G]
[F] [G] [C] [G]
[A] [G] you [D] know the [G] nigger's a [D] negro
See [G]
[D] he's got [G] his diggity
[Dm] [G] Down here [D] we too [Em] ignorant to realize
[A] The north has [G] set the nigger free
[D] [G] Yes it's greed [Bm] if you put [Em] the cage in Harlem, New York [G] City
It's [D] greed if you put [Em] the cage in the south side [G] of Chicago
It's [Bm] greed [Em] if you put the cage in Humphrey, Cleveland
[G] It's [D] greed if you put the [Em] cage in East St.
Louis
[G] It's greed if you [D] put [Em] the cage in Fillmore, San Francisco
[G] It's greed [D] if you put [Em] the cage in Roxbury, Falls
[G] They're [D] gathering them up [A] from [C] miles around
[A] [G] Keeping the niggers down
We're [C] rednecks, [G] we're [C] rednecks
[G] We don't [D] know our ass [C] from a hole in the ground
[G] We're [D] [G] rednecks, we're [D] [A] rednecks
We're keeping the [G] [Dm] niggers [G] down
[E] [A] We are keeping [C] the niggers [G] down
[Em] With some smart-ass New York Jew
And the Jew [Bm] laughed at Lester [A] Maddox
[C] And the audience [G] laughed at Lester Maddox too
[Em] Well he may [G] be a fool, [Em] but he's our fool
And if they think they're [G] better than him, [A] they're wrong
[Em] So I went to [G] the park and I [C] took some paper [A] along
[C] And [G] that's where I made this song
[D] We
[G] talk real [Dm] funny [G] down [F#] here
[D] We [G] [D] drink too much, [G] we laugh [D] too loud
[G] We're too [D] dumb to [Em] make it in no northern town
[A] We [Am] keep it [G] in the other town
[D] We [G] got [D] low neck [Dm] poor men [G] from [D] Texas
[G] [D] Good old boys [G] from Tennessee
[D] [G] [Em] College men from [G] LSU
Went [D] in [Em] dumb, come out dumb too
[G] Hustling [D] around [Em] Atlanta in their alligator [G] shoes
Getting drunk [F#m] every [Em] weekend at the barbecue
[A] We keep it [G] in the others' down
We're [C]
rednecks, [G] we're [C] rednecks
[G] We [D] don't know our [C] ass from a hole in the ground
[G] [D] We're rednecks, [G] we're [D] rednecks
[A] We keep [G] it in the niggers' down
Now
[Em] [G]
[F] [G] [C] [G]
[A] [G] you [D] know the [G] nigger's a [D] negro
See [G]
[D] he's got [G] his diggity
[Dm] [G] Down here [D] we too [Em] ignorant to realize
[A] The north has [G] set the nigger free
[D] [G] Yes it's greed [Bm] if you put [Em] the cage in Harlem, New York [G] City
It's [D] greed if you put [Em] the cage in the south side [G] of Chicago
It's [Bm] greed [Em] if you put the cage in Humphrey, Cleveland
[G] It's [D] greed if you put the [Em] cage in East St.
Louis
[G] It's greed if you [D] put [Em] the cage in Fillmore, San Francisco
[G] It's greed [D] if you put [Em] the cage in Roxbury, Falls
[G] They're [D] gathering them up [A] from [C] miles around
[A] [G] Keeping the niggers down
We're [C] rednecks, [G] we're [C] rednecks
[G] We don't [D] know our ass [C] from a hole in the ground
[G] We're [D] [G] rednecks, we're [D] [A] rednecks
We're keeping the [G] [Dm] niggers [G] down
[E] [A] We are keeping [C] the niggers [G] down
Key:
G
D
Em
A
C
G
D
Em
[Em] Last night I saw [G] Lester Maddox on a TV show
[Em] With some smart-ass New York Jew
And the Jew [Bm] laughed at Lester [A] Maddox
[C] And the audience [G] laughed at Lester Maddox too
[Em] Well he may [G] be a fool, [Em] but he's our fool
And if they think they're [G] better than him, [A] they're wrong
_ [Em] So I went to [G] the park and I [C] took some paper [A] along
_ [C] And [G] that's where I made this song
[D] We _
[G] _ _ _ _ talk real [Dm] funny [G] down [F#] here
[D] We [G] _ [D] drink too much, [G] we laugh [D] too loud
[G] We're too [D] dumb to [Em] make it in no northern town
[A] We [Am] keep it [G] in the other town
[D] _ We [G] got [D] low neck [Dm] poor men [G] from [D] Texas
_ _ [G] [D] Good old boys [G] from Tennessee
[D] _ _ [G] _ [Em] College men from [G] LSU
_ Went [D] in [Em] dumb, come out dumb too
_ [G] Hustling [D] around [Em] Atlanta in their alligator [G] shoes
Getting drunk [F#m] every [Em] weekend at the barbecue
_ [A] We keep it [G] in the others' down
_ We're _ [C]
rednecks, [G] we're _ [C] rednecks
[G] We [D] don't know our [C] ass from a hole in the ground
[G] _ [D] We're rednecks, [G] we're _ [D] rednecks
[A] We keep [G] it in the niggers' down
_ _ Now _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ you [D] know the [G] nigger's a [D] negro
See [G] _
[D] he's got [G] his diggity
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] Down here [D] we too [Em] ignorant to realize
[A] The north has [G] set the nigger free
[D] _ _ [G] Yes it's greed [Bm] if you put [Em] the cage in Harlem, New York [G] City
It's [D] greed if you put [Em] the cage in the south side [G] of Chicago
It's [Bm] greed [Em] if you put the cage in Humphrey, Cleveland
[G] It's [D] greed if you put the [Em] cage in East St.
Louis
[G] It's greed if you [D] put [Em] the cage in Fillmore, San Francisco
[G] It's greed [D] if you put [Em] the cage in Roxbury, Falls
[G] They're [D] gathering them up [A] from [C] miles around
_ [A] [G] Keeping the niggers down
We're _ [C] rednecks, [G] we're _ [C] rednecks
[G] We don't [D] know our ass [C] from a hole in the ground
[G] We're [D] _ [G] rednecks, we're _ [D] [A] rednecks
We're keeping the [G] [Dm] niggers [G] down
[E] _ [A] We are keeping [C] the niggers [G] down _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] With some smart-ass New York Jew
And the Jew [Bm] laughed at Lester [A] Maddox
[C] And the audience [G] laughed at Lester Maddox too
[Em] Well he may [G] be a fool, [Em] but he's our fool
And if they think they're [G] better than him, [A] they're wrong
_ [Em] So I went to [G] the park and I [C] took some paper [A] along
_ [C] And [G] that's where I made this song
[D] We _
[G] _ _ _ _ talk real [Dm] funny [G] down [F#] here
[D] We [G] _ [D] drink too much, [G] we laugh [D] too loud
[G] We're too [D] dumb to [Em] make it in no northern town
[A] We [Am] keep it [G] in the other town
[D] _ We [G] got [D] low neck [Dm] poor men [G] from [D] Texas
_ _ [G] [D] Good old boys [G] from Tennessee
[D] _ _ [G] _ [Em] College men from [G] LSU
_ Went [D] in [Em] dumb, come out dumb too
_ [G] Hustling [D] around [Em] Atlanta in their alligator [G] shoes
Getting drunk [F#m] every [Em] weekend at the barbecue
_ [A] We keep it [G] in the others' down
_ We're _ [C]
rednecks, [G] we're _ [C] rednecks
[G] We [D] don't know our [C] ass from a hole in the ground
[G] _ [D] We're rednecks, [G] we're _ [D] rednecks
[A] We keep [G] it in the niggers' down
_ _ Now _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ you [D] know the [G] nigger's a [D] negro
See [G] _
[D] he's got [G] his diggity
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] Down here [D] we too [Em] ignorant to realize
[A] The north has [G] set the nigger free
[D] _ _ [G] Yes it's greed [Bm] if you put [Em] the cage in Harlem, New York [G] City
It's [D] greed if you put [Em] the cage in the south side [G] of Chicago
It's [Bm] greed [Em] if you put the cage in Humphrey, Cleveland
[G] It's [D] greed if you put the [Em] cage in East St.
Louis
[G] It's greed if you [D] put [Em] the cage in Fillmore, San Francisco
[G] It's greed [D] if you put [Em] the cage in Roxbury, Falls
[G] They're [D] gathering them up [A] from [C] miles around
_ [A] [G] Keeping the niggers down
We're _ [C] rednecks, [G] we're _ [C] rednecks
[G] We don't [D] know our ass [C] from a hole in the ground
[G] We're [D] _ [G] rednecks, we're _ [D] [A] rednecks
We're keeping the [G] [Dm] niggers [G] down
[E] _ [A] We are keeping [C] the niggers [G] down _ _ _ _ _ _ _