South Chords & Lyrics - Roger Miller

[C]Hot afternoon sometime in June

Sitting on the front porch [F]waiting on the moon

Talking to my neighbor next [C]door ain’t never ever [G7]very much fun

[C]Go get my car and my guitar ride through town with the [F]top down

Maybe I could buy me some [C]beer run out and look at the [G7]farms


And they call it the [F]south [G7]it’s the land of the [C]free

It lost the [G7]only war it ever fought in histo[C]ry

But I love the [F]south [G7]it’s the land of the [C]free

It’s the land of [F]hush your mouth and [G7]Joe South

And that’s home to [C]me


She was born in ’52 she finished in a Missis[F]sippi school

And something about her [C]smile that turns you [G7]on

She’s [C]different like another world

And you can tell she’s not a [F]New York girl

And something about her [C]kiss that takes you [G7]home


But she was born in the [F]south [G7]Memphis Tennes[C]see

She was [G7]rich in looks from a poor Memphis [C]family

But she will stay in the [F]south [G7]it’s the land of the [C]free

It’s the land of [F]hush your mouth and [G7]Joe South

And that’s home to [C]me


California I love you your hills are high and your [F]oceans blue

In LA there’s always [C]something to do and you’re [G7]never alone

But [C]I like fall and I like spring I love snow and I [F]love rain

And there’s something about [C]LA I can’t call [G7]home

I guess I’ll stay in the [F]south [G7]it’s the land of the [C]free

It lost the [G7]only war it ever fought in histo[C]ry

But I love the [F]south [G7]it’s the land of the [C]free

It’s the land of [F]hush your mouth [G7]Joe South

And that’s home to [C]me


And they call it the [F]south [G7]it’s the land of the [C]free

It lost the [G7]only war it ever fought in histo[C]ry