Slow Southern Home Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays436

Slow Southern Home by Doug Burr is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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16
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verse 1 
      C           G 
I lay awake for a night  
            F                  Am G 
Drenched in anguish and bright light  
         F                C 
I dreamt about an ancient house  
      G             C 
And a slow Southern home  


verse 2 
      C                  G 
I was there, and so were you  
      F                      Am G 
Not a word was spoke, nothing new  
       F            C 
It was old, all was known  
       G            C 
Like a sheep to the fold  


verse 3 
            C              G 
A blind man sang, bells of joy  
        F                     Am G 
I was a stranger, but still a boy  
           F                   C 
My parents dead, the vines had grown  
           G             C 
Through my slow Southern home  


verse 4 
         C              G 
In those eyes, I had no name  
              F                 Am G 
They had seen fear, and all was vain  
         F          C 
Bells of joy he did sing  
              G                 C 
His noise did ring and ring and ring  


Verse 5 
    C                  G 
And everyone must come back  
                F                      Am G 
The flames have risen, the plumes were black  
              F                C 
And if you're welcomed home by friends  
         G                C  
It won't ever be the same again 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante