Song Of The South Chords
by Bobby Bare
Song Of The South by Bobby Bare is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A7 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
D A7 G D D A7 G D
Chorus
D A7
Song, song of the south
G D
Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth
D A7
Gone, gone with the wind
G D
There ain't nobody looking back again
D A7
Cotton on the roadside, cotton in the ditch
G D
We all picked cotton but we never got rich
D A7
Daddy was a veteran, a Southern Democrat he said
G D
They oughta get the rich men to vote like that
Chorus
D A7
Song, song of the south
G D
Sweet potato pie and I hush my mouth
D A7
Gone, gone with the wind
G D
There ain't nobody looking back again
D A7
When I was eighteen well I ate my fill
G D
We lived on the garden and the cow’s good will.
D A7
Summers were hot and winters were dry and
G D
Momma was old at thirty-five.
Chorus
D A7
Song, song of the south
G D
Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth
D A7
Gone, gone with the wind
G D
There ain't nobody looking back again
D A7
Well somebody told us that Wall Street had fell
G D
We were so damned poor that we couldn't even tell
D A7
Cotton was short and the weeds was tall
G D
Mr. Roosevelt was gonna save us all
Chorus
D A7
You sing a song, song of the south
G D
Sweet potato pie and I hush my mouth
D A7
I’m gone, now, gone with the wind
G D
There ain't nobody looking back again
D A7
Well momma got sick and daddy got down
G D
The county took the farm and we moved to town
D A7
Daddy got a job with the TVA
G D
We bought a washing machine and then a Chevrolet
Chorus
D A7
Song, song of the south
G D
Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth
D A7
Gone, gone with the wind
G D
There ain't nobody looking back again