Chords for The Southern Thing

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102.65 bpm
Chords used:

D

G

C

F

Dm

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The Southern Thing chords
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[D] [Gm]
[C] [Dm]
[G]
[C] [D]
[G] Ain't about my pistol, [C] ain't about my boots, [Dm]
ain't about no northern drives, ain't about
my southern roots, [C]
ain't about my guitar, ain't about my big ol' [D] lamps, it ain't rained
in weeks, but the weather sure feels good, [G]
ain't about excuses or [Dm] alibis, ain't about
no cotton fields or cotton fields, ain't about no cotton fields, ain't about no cotton fields,
ain't about no cotton picking rides, [G]
ain't about the races that [G] try and shame, [D] you the
fucking rich man, all poor people look [Dm] the same.
[G] [D] Don't get me wrong, it just ain't right, I ain't too strong, but [A] I ain't afraid to fight,
[D] if you want to live [A] another day, stay out the [C] way of the southern thing, ain't about
no hatred, better raise your glass, it's a [Dm] little fast and rebel, but it ain't about
the past, [G] ain't about no foolish pride, ain't about no flag, [D] it's the only thing that my
judgment wanna do, [G] you [D]
think I'm dumb, maybe not too bright, you wonder how I sleep at
night, [A]
proud of the glory, [D]
stare down the same, to the reality of the southern [F] thing,
[G] [D] [F]
[G] [F] [F]
[G] [D] [F]
[G] [A]
my great great granddad [C] had a holy side, [D] he used to tell the story through the family
[Dm] goose list night, [G]
got [C] shot at shallow, thought he [G] died alone, [D]
by a Yankee bullet less than
30 miles from [G] home, ain't [C] no plantations in my family tree, [Dm] ain't them believing slavery
thought that all men should be [C] free, who are these soldiers marching through his land,
[D] these brothers hear the cannons and she worried about her man, [F]
I [D] heard the story [F]
as [D] it was
passed [F] down, [D] black cuts and glory,
[D] and rebel's [F] fans, [G] for generations, [F]
[G] [D] a lot has changed,
[G]
[D] Robert Ealy, [G]
[F] Martin Luther King, [G]
[D] we've come a long [G] ways, [D] rising from the grave,
stay out of the way of the southern thing, stay out of the way of the southern thing,
stay out of the way of the southern thing, stay out of the way of the southern [Dm] thing.
[G] [D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] [C]
[D] [Bb] [G]
[D] [C]
[D] [Bb] [C]
[D] [N]
Key:  
D
1321
G
2131
C
3211
F
134211111
Dm
2311
D
1321
G
2131
C
3211
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Ain't about my pistol, [C] ain't about my boots, [Dm]
ain't about no northern drives, ain't about
my southern roots, [C]
ain't about my guitar, ain't about my big ol' [D] lamps, it ain't rained
in weeks, but the weather sure feels good, [G]
ain't about excuses _ or [Dm] alibis, ain't about
no cotton fields or cotton fields, ain't about no cotton fields, ain't about no cotton fields,
ain't about no cotton picking rides, [G]
ain't about the races that [G] try and shame, [D] you the
fucking rich man, all poor people look [Dm] the same. _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] Don't get me wrong, _ _ _ _ it just ain't right, _ _ _ I ain't too _ strong, _ but [A] I ain't afraid to fight,
_ _ _ [D] if you want to live _ _ _ _ [A] another day, stay out the [C] way of the southern thing, ain't about
no hatred, better raise your glass, it's a [Dm] little fast and rebel, but it ain't about
the past, [G] ain't about no foolish pride, ain't about no flag, [D] it's the only thing that my
judgment wanna do, _ _ [G] you [D] _
think I'm dumb, _ _ _ maybe not too bright, _ _ _ you wonder how _ _ _ _ I sleep at
night, _ _ _ [A]
proud of the glory, _ _ _ _ [D]
stare down the same, to the reality of the southern [F] thing,
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
my great great granddad [C] had a holy side, [D] he used to tell the story through the family
[Dm] goose list night, [G]
got [C] shot at shallow, thought he [G] died alone, [D]
by a Yankee bullet less than
30 miles from [G] home, ain't [C] no plantations in my family tree, [Dm] ain't them believing slavery
thought that all men should be [C] free, who are these soldiers marching through his land,
[D] these brothers hear the cannons and she worried about her man, [F] _
I _ [D] heard the story [F]
as _ _ [D] it was
passed [F] down, _ _ _ [D] black cuts and glory, _
_ _ [D] and rebel's [F] fans, [G] _ _ for generations, _ [F] _
[G] _ _ [D] a lot has changed,
_ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ Robert Ealy, [G] _
_ [F] _ Martin Luther King, _ [G] _
_ _ [D] we've come a long [G] ways, _ [D] _ rising from the grave,
stay out of the way of the southern thing, stay out of the way of the southern thing,
stay out of the way of the southern thing, stay out of the way of the southern [Dm] thing.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [N] _