Ballad Of A Southern Man

Ballad Of A Southern Man easy guitar chords by Whiskey Myers

2011Country
Guitar
Tuning

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  • Verse 1
    My 
    first 
    rifle 
    was 
    .24

    Papa 
    gave 
    Daddy 
    and 
    Dad
    dy 
    gave 
    to 
    me 

    And 
    they 
    taught 
    me 
    how 
    to 
    shoot 

    with 
    steady 
    hand 

    guess 
    that's 
    something 

    you 
    don't 
    un
    der
    stand 

    Now 
    grew 
    up 
    on 
    prison 
    farm 

    Sneaking 
    pulls 
    of 
    shine 
    from 
    mason 
    jar 

    Used 
    to 
    go 
    fishing 
    out 
    pickle 
    creek 
    dam 

    But 
    guess 
    that's 
    some
    thing 

    you 
    don't 
    un
    der
    stand 

    Chorus 1
    Grandmas 
    in 
    the 
    kitch
    en 

    Papa's 
    done 
    passed 
    on 

    We'd 
    sit 
    out 
    on 
    the 
    front 
    porch 

    Just 
    a- 
    pickin' 
    on 
    the 
    songs 

    And 
    there's 
    blood 
    on 
    the 
    table 

    'Cause 
    we 
    work 
    for 
    what 
    we 
    have 

    And 
    was 
    raised 
    in 
    this 
    land 

    guess 
    that's 

    some
    thing 
    you 
    don't 
    un
    der
    stand 

    Verse 2
    still 
    fly 
    that 
    southern 
    flag 

    Whistling 
    Dixieland 
    e
    nough 
    to 
    brag 

    And 
    know 
    all 
    the 
    words 
    to 
    sim
    ple 
    man 

    guess 
    that's 
    something 

    you 
    don't 
    un
    der
    stand 

    pledge 
    my 
    al
    legiance 
    the 
    o
    riginal 
    way 

    Say 
    Merry 
    Christmas 
    not 
    Happy 
    Hol
    i
    days 

    can't 
    change 
    my 
    ways 
    know 
    who 
    am 

    guess 
    that's 
    something 

    you 
    don't 
    un
    der
    stand 

    Chorus 2
    Grandmas 
    in 
    the 
    kitch
    en 

    Papa's 
    done 
    passed 
    on 

    We'd 
    sit 
    out 
    on 
    the 
    front 
    porch 

    Just 
    a- 
    pickin' 
    on 
    the 
    songs 

    And 
    there's 
    blood 
    on 
    the 
    table 

    'Cause 
    we 
    work 
    for 
    what 
    we 
    have 

    And 
    was 
    raised 
    in 
    this 
    land 

    guess 
    that's 

    some
    thing 
    you 
    don't 
    un
    der
    stand 

    Bridge 1
    They'll 
    grind 
    us 
    up 
    in 
    big 
    machine 

    They'll 
    feed 
    us 
    all 
    on 
    the 
    same 
    beliefs 

    Holy 
    dol
    lar 
    and 
    credit 
    card 

    But 
    we 
    got 
    way 
    of 
    doing 
    things 

    And 
    no 
    bankers 
    gonna 
    steal 
    from 
    me 

    They 
    wanna 
    tear 
    it 
    all 
    apart 

    Chorus 3
    Grandmas 
    in 
    the 
    kitch
    en 

    Papa's 
    done 
    passed 
    on 

    We'd 
    sit 
    out 
    on 
    the 
    front 
    porch 

    Just 
    a- 
    pickin' 
    on 
    the 
    songs 

    And 
    there's 
    bible 
    on 
    the 
    table 

    'Cause 
    we 
    bleed 
    for 
    what 
    we 
    have 

    And 
    that's 
    the 
    ballad 
    of 
    southern 
    man 

    guess 
    that's 

    some
    thing 
    you 
    don't 
    un
    der
    stand 

    Outro 1
    My 
    first 
    rifle 
    was 
    .24

    Papa 
    gave 
    Daddy 
    and 
    Dad
    dy 
    gave 
    to 
    me 

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