Gospel Of The South

Drop D - Standard Tuning or capo 2 with the Low E open 4/4 96 bpm Intro D Bm A G D Bm A G [Verso 1] D Bm A G I was going home, and I was going thru Memphis and I heard a preacher on a Pentacostal radio D Bm A G And he talked like fire and he talked like thunder and he talked to me like I'd lost my soul Bm A G O its been years and its been miles I can feel it now A D The Gospel of the South D Bm A G [Verso 2] D Bm A G I remember poor in an old farm house with a rusty ford out in the backyard D Bm A G And I asked my Grandpa how come it never it rains and how come this ground is so dang hard Bm A G And he said Boy it's the good Lords will and then he wiped his brow A D With the Gospel of the South [Refrão] N.C. D And it runs thru me Bm Like the Mississippi A G And it turns me like a weathervane D Bm And it points me down that gravel road A G To a field of tilted stones that hold my families name Bm A G And theres a song of sweet redemption I can hear it now A D The Gospel of the South D Bm A G [Verso 3] D Bm A G Well the house is gone but I see a young boy in a shirt and tie dressed up for revival D Bm A G In the back of my daddies truck full of empty beer cans and in my mommas hand a beat up bible Bm A G A And they put me down in that muddy water, I can taste it in my mouth [Refrão] N.C. D And it runs thru me Bm Like the Mississippi A G And it turns me like a weathervane D Bm And it points me down that gravel road A G Where I left my sins in a shallow grave Bm A G And theres a song of sweet redemption I can hear it now A D It's the Gospel of the South D Bm A G [Refrão] N.C. D And it runs thru me Bm Like the Mississippi A G And it turns me like a weathervane D Bm And it points me down that gravel road A G To a field of tilted stones that hold my families name Bm A G And It's a song of sweet redemption I can hear it now A D The Gospel of the South Outro D Bm A G It's the Gospel of the South D Bm A G It's the Gospel of the South D Bm A G