Southern Man
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
2nd traste
* = let it ring
Capo 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjSobaDIx_U
[Intro]
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 *
[Verse 1]
G Cadd9
Some of the boys, They got it into there heads,
G Dsus2
About moving up North, to follow the bread.
G Cadd9
But that ain't for me, that kinda thing just don't rate,
G Dsus2
there's this one southern boy, who ain't crossing the straits
G Cadd9
Now I might not be rich, but I like things down here,
G Dsus2
we got the best looking girls, and the best damn beer,
G Cadd9
so you can keep your Queen city, with your cocktails and cool,
G
give me a beer and a seven,
Dsus2 G N.C.
with the boys shooting pool
[Chorus]
Cadd9
Cause I'm a southern man!
G
Well Im southern bred,
Em G/B
I've got the south in my blood,
Cadd9 G
I'll be here till Im damn well dead,
Cadd9
cause I'm a southern man!
G
Well I'm southern bred
Em *
I've got the south in my blood,
N.C. G Dsus2 G
and I'm gonna be here till I'm damn well dead
[Bridge]
G Cadd9 G Dsus2
[Verse 2]
G Cadd9
Wish you would just know, what makes a southern boy tick,
G Dsus2
and it ain't margaritas, with some fruit on a stick.
G Cadd9
Well it might not be fancy, but when you come from down here,
G
you know you've got the best girls,
Dsus2 G
and you got the best beer.
We
[Chorus]
Cadd9
Cause I'm a southern man!
G
Well Im southern bred,
Em G/B
I've got the south in my blood,
Cadd9 Dsus2 G
I'll be here till Im damn well dead,
Cadd9
cause I'm a southern man!
G
Well I'm southern bred (yes I am)
Em G/B
I've got the south in my blood,
Cadd9 Dsus2 G
and I'm gonna be here till I'm damn well dead
Cadd9
cause I'm a southern man
G
Well I'm southern bred, ( yes I am )
Em
I've got the south in my blood,
Cadd9
I'll be here till I'm damn well dead
Cadd9
yes I'm a southern man,
G
and I'm southern bred.... (refrain)
Em *
I've got the south in my blood,
Cadd9 Dsus2 G
and I'm gonna be here till I'm damn well dead.
[Outro]
Em * Cadd9 *
I've got the south in my bloooooooooood, (refrain)
N.C.
and I'm gonna be here till I'm damn well,
Dsus2 Cadd9 G *
here till I'm damn well, here till I'm damn well, Deeeeead.
How to play Southern Man
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