South of Cincinnati

Intro : G C G CHORUS : G D/F# C G If you ever get south of Cincinnati C D G D D/E D/F# Down where the dogwood trees grow G D/F# C G If you ever get south of the Mason Dixon C D G D D/E D/F# To the home you left so long ago G D/F# C G If you ever get south of the Ohio River C D G D D/E D/F# Down where Dixieland begins G D/F# C G If you ever get south of Cincinnati C D G C G I'll be yours again G C G She pulled the letter from the pages of her Bible G D G And a rose pressed inside the Book of Luke G C G For fourteen years she'd write each day but keep it hidden G D G Refused to even speak his name but still she wrote Chorus At a cold gray apartment in Chicago A cigarette drowns inside a glass of gin He lies there drunk, but it don't matter drunk or sober He'll never read the words that pride won't let her send Chorus -- Geoff Bowerman H : (403) 261-4927 Secretary-Treasurer, Calgary Free-Net W : (403) 292-6772 bowerman@freenet.calgary.ab.ca