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This song was written by Bob McDill and was originally recorded by Bobby Bare in 1980 on his ‘Drunk and Crazy’ album. That’s where I learned it and that’s where the extra (second) verse comes from which was not included by Alabama on their hit cover of this song. The ‘TVA’ mentioned in the last verse is the ‘Tennessee Valley Authority’. SONG OF THE SOUTH INTRO: D///A7///G///D/// D///A7///G///D/// [Chorus]
DSong, A7song of the south GSweet potato pie and I shut my Dmouth DGone, A7gone with the wind GThere ain't nobody looking Dback again
DCotton on the roadside, A7cotton in the ditch GWe all picked cotton but we Dnever got rich DDaddy was a veteran, a A7Southern Democrat he said GThey oughta get the rich men to Dvote like that
[Chorus]
DSong, A7song of the south GSweet potato pie and I hush my Dmouth DGone, A7gone with the wind GThere ain't nobody looking Dback again
DWhen I was eighteen well I A7ate my fill GWe lived on the garden and the Dcow’s good will. DSummers were hot and wiA7nters were dry and GMomma was old at Dthirty-five.
[Chorus]
DSong, A7song of the south GSweet potato pie and I shut my Dmouth DGone, A7gone with the wind GThere ain't nobody looking Dback again
DWell somebody told us that A7Wall Street had fell We were Gso damned poor that we Dcouldn't even tell DCotton was short and the A7weeds was tall GMr. Roosevelt was gonna Dsave us all
[Chorus]
DYou sing a song, A7song of the south GSweet potato pie and DI hush my mouth DI’m gone, now,A7 gone with the wind GThere ain't nobody looking Dback again
DWell momma got sick and A7daddy got down GThe county took the farm and we Dmoved to town DDaddy got a job with the A7TVA GWe bought a washing machine and then a DChevrolet
[Chorus]
DSong, A7song of the south GSweet potato pie and I shut my Dmouth DGone, A7gone with the wind GThere ain't nobody looking Dback again
Repeat chorus and end. The chorus can be repeated a capella and in harmony for a nice effect.