Southern Accents Chords
by Tom Petty
Southern Accents by Tom Petty is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Dm, C, Bb and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F
F Dm C F Dm C F
There's a southern accent where I come from
Dm C F Bb C
The young 'uns call it country the yankees call it dumb,
Dm C F Bb C
I got my own way of talking but everything gets done,
Dm C Dm Bb F
With a southern accent where I come from.
Now that drunk tankin Atlanta is just a motel room to me,
Think I might go work Orlando if them orange groves don't freeze,
Got my own way of working but everything is run,
With a southern accent where I come from.
Bb Dm
For just a minute there I was dreaming
Bb Dm
For just a minute it was all so real
G Bb F
For just a minute she was standing there with me.
There's a dream I keep having where my momma comes to me,
And kneels down over by the window and says a prayer for me,
Got my own way of praying but everything one's begun,
With a southern accent where I come from.
Got my own way of livin but everything is done,
With a southern accent where I come from.