Song Of The South Chords & Lyrics - Bobby Bare

[INTRO]
[D///A7///G///D///] [D///A7///G///D///]

[CHORUS]
[D]Song, [A7]song of the south
[G]Sweet potato pie and I shut my [D]mouth
[D]Gone, [A7]gone with the wind
[G]There ain't nobody looking [D]back again

[D]Cotton on the roadside, [A7]cotton in the ditch
[G]We all picked cotton but we [D]never got rich
[D]Daddy was a veteran, a [A7]Southern Democrat he said
[G]They oughta get the rich men to [D]vote like that

[CHORUS]
[D]Song, [A7]song of the south
[G]Sweet potato pie and I hush my [D]mouth
[D]Gone, [A7]gone with the wind
[G]There ain't nobody looking [D]back again

[D]When I was eighteen well I [A7]ate my fill
[G]We lived on the garden and the [D]cow’s good will.
[D]Summers were hot and wi[A7]nters were dry and
[G]Momma was old at [D]thirty-five.

[CHORUS]
[D]Song, [A7]song of the south
[G]Sweet potato pie and I shut my [D]mouth
[D]Gone, [A7]gone with the wind
[G]There ain't nobody looking [D]back again

[D]Well somebody told us that [A7]Wall Street had fell
We were [G]so damned poor that we [D]couldn't even tell
[D]Cotton was short and the [A7]weeds was tall
[G]Mr. Roosevelt was gonna [D]save us all

[CHORUS]
[D]You sing a song, [A7]song of the south
[G]Sweet potato pie and [D]I hush my mouth
[D]I’m gone, now,[A7] gone with the wind
[G]There ain't nobody looking [D]back again

[D]Well momma got sick and [A7]daddy got down
[G]The county took the farm and we [D]moved to town
[D]Daddy got a job with the [A7]TVA
[G]We bought a washing machine and then a [D]Chevrolet

[CHORUS]
[D]Song, [A7]song of the south
[G]Sweet potato pie and I shut my [D]mouth
[D]Gone, [A7]gone with the wind
[G]There ain't nobody looking [D]back again

Repeat chorus and end. The chorus can be repeated a capella and in harmony for a nice effect.