Bright Sunny South Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays431

Bright Sunny South by Sam Amidon is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Bright Sunny South â?? SAm Amidon 

    hello friends of sAm Amidon and friends of this song :  
    i´ve tried so much different things on guitar  
    but i haven´t found the style as sAm Amidon plays this song.  
    so please, if you know something better than the chords i posted below,  
    i will be happy if you correct me and this tab. 
    the chords i found are simple - too simple ? 

Intro and in between the verses :   Am    G    (play all chords barré on 5th and 3rd fret) 

1. 
         Am                    G                              
In the bright sunny south, in peace and content 
       Am                    G 
These days of my boyhood I scarcely have spent 
          Am                          G 
From the deep flowing spring to the broad flowing streAm 
      Am                                G                     
Ever dear to my memory, sweeter is my dreAm 



2. 
   Am                     G 
I lay my confinement and comfort of life 
     Am                     G 
The dangers of warfare, provision and strife 
        Am                        G 
I have come to come close and reply with my word 
       Am                            G 
As I shoulder my musket, belted my sword 


3. 
    Am                      G 
My father looked sad as he bid me to part 
    Am                     G 
My mother embraced me with anguish of heart 
        Am                      G 
And my beautiful sister looked pale in her woe 
       Am                                    G 
As she hugged me and blessed me, told me to go 


4. 
      Am                      G 
Dear father, dear father for me do not weep 
       Am                 G 
I'm a lonesome man and I mean for to keep 
     Am                 G 
The dangers of war I intend for to share 
         Am                                G 
And for sickness and death I intend to prepare 


5. 
      Am                      G 
Dear mother, dear mother for me do not weep 
       Am                   G 
For a mother´s kind voice I ever will keep 
         Am                         G 
You have taught me be brave from a boy to a man 
         Am                                 G 
And I'm going in defense of her own native land 


6. 
     Am                         G 
Dear sister, dear sister, I'm afeared of your woe 
       Am                          G 
Your grief and your sorrow, they trouble me so 
Am                    G 
I must be going, for here I cannot stand 
     Am                                 G 
I'm going in defense of her own native land 
    	

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