Southern State Of Mind Chords by Darius Rucker

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_ I was up in New York City just the other week.
_ You should have seen the waitress' face [F#] when I [Fm] ordered sweet tea.
[C#] _ [Fm] She said, we don't have that [F#] here, and [C#] I apologized.
_ [A#m] I said, please forgive me, [F#] I'm in a [C#] southern state of mind.
_ [A#m] And those girls out in California, [F#] they [C#] don't understand.
_ They don't like it when I hold the door, when I say yes ma'am.
They act like I've done something wrong, and they give me the evil eye.
I say, honey, I'm [F#] sorry, I'm in a [C#] southern state of mind.
I [F#] could be [C#] anywhere, in my [G#] heart I'm [A#m] always [C#] there.
Where they drink sweet tea, and they raise you to [G#] be polite. _
[F#] No changing [C#] who I am, [G#] that's the way I've [A#m] always been.
[G#] No matter [F#] what [C#] state I'm in, [G#] I'm in a [C#] southern state of mind.
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_ I'm always walking around, [F#] telling [C#] everybody hi.
_ Just waving at the strangers, [F#] and the [C#] cars passing by.
_ Some people may look at me and [F#] say, that [C#] boy just ain't right.
Hey y'all, I ain't [F#] crazy, I'm [C#] in a southern state of mind.
I could [F#] be [C#] anywhere, [G#] in my heart I'm [A#m] always there.
[F#] Where you know [C#] everybody, if you don't [G#] then you're still polite. _
No changing [F#] [C#] who I am, [G#] that's the way I've [A#m] always been.
[G#] No matter [F#] what [C#] state I'm in, [G#] I'm in a southern state [F#] of mind.
[C#] You _ _ _ _ [D#m] _
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[A#m] can see it in the clothes I wear, [C#] you can hear it when I talk. _
[A#m] Ball cap, [D#] boots and [F#] jeans, [C#] and a little southern drawl.
I could be [A#m] up in [F#] Ohio, or back home [C#] in Carolina.
_ No matter what state [F#] I'm in, I'm [C#] in a southern state of mind.
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[A#m] No matter [G#] what state [F#] I'm in, I'm in a southern [C#] state of [A#m] mind.
[F#] Yeah, _ [C#] _ alright, _ [A#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ [C#] _ southern state of mind.
[A#m] Yellow, [F#] yellow, [C#] Florida.
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