Southern Thunder Chords

KeyB Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays498

Southern Thunder by Hank Williams Jr is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of B with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords A, D and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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B
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16
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          A                                 D             A 
Well they call me Southern Thunder, hear me long before I come 
        A                              E 
When my guitar starts to rumble and my amplifier hums 
        A                      D              A 
It's so easy makin' music all about my family home 
          A                                  E                 A 
Yea, they call me Southern Thunder, proud to be that's how I'm known 
 
 
       A                               D            A 
Now my daddy, he was somewhere between God and John Wayne 
      A                           E               
And I realized long ago I'm gonna sure do my own thing 
     A                             D              A 
So I sang about a country boy that knew how to survive 
        A                                    E                    A  
And you know I'm telling the truth cause I'm talking 'bout my own life 
 
 
Chorus 
 
 
Yeah, they call me Southern Thunder, hear me long before I come 
When my guitar starts to rumble and my amplifier hums 
There's a storm front building up down in the Gulf Of Mexico 
Yea they call me Southern Thunder, know me everywhere I go 
 
No don't put us down or talk about our sacred southern ways 
Southern Thunder just might roll around and rain out your parade 
It's so easy makin music all about my family home 
Yea, they call me Southern Thunder, proud to be that's how I'm known 
 
There's a storm front building up down in the Gulf Of Mexico 
Seems to follow me everywhere I go 
Yea, they call me Southern Thunder 
Proud to be, doncha know 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante