Ballad Of A Southern Man original guitar chords by
Whiskey Myers

2011Country1.4K views

Key: G major

Verse 1
G G 
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D D 
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Cadd9 Cadd9 
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G G 
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My first rifle was a .24      3
Em Em 
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D D 
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Cadd9 Cadd9 
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G G 
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Papa gave Daddy and Daddy       gave to me
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And they taught me how to shoot
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Em Em 
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with a steady   hand
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I guess that's something
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G G 
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you don't    understand
D D 
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G G 
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Now I grew up on a prison   farm
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G G 
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Sneaking pulls of shine from a mason    jar
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Em Em 
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Used to go fishing out pickle   creek dam
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But I guess that's something
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G G 
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you don't    understand

Chorus 1
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G G 
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Grandmas in the kitchen
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Papa's   done passed on
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We'd sit      out on the front porch
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D D 
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Just a- pickin' on the songs
G G 
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And there's blood on the table
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G G 
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D D 
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'Cause we work     for what we have
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D D 
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And I was raised in this     land
Em Em 
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I guess that's
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C C 
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G G 
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Verse 2
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I  still fly that southern flag
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G G 
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Whistling Dixieland enough    to brag
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Em Em 
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And I know all the words to sim      ple man
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I guess that's something
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G G 
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you don't    understand
D D 
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I pledge my allegiance the original  way
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G G 
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Say Merry Christmas not Happy    Holidays
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Em Em 
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I can't change my ways I know     who I   am
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G G 
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you don't    understand

Chorus 2
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G G 
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Grandmas in the kitchen
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G G 
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D D 
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Papa's   done passed on
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G G 
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We'd sit      out on the front porch
Em Em 
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D D 
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Just a- pickin' on the songs
G G 
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And there's blood on the table
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G G 
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D D 
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'Cause we work     for what we have
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D D 
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And I was raised in this     land
Em Em 
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I guess that's
D D 
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C C 
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Bridge 1
Bb Bb 
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They'll grind us up in a big machine
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They'll feed us all on the same beliefs
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Holy dollar and a credit card
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But we got a way of doing things
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G G 
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And no bankers gonna steal from me
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They wanna tear it all apart

Chorus 3
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G G 
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Grandmas in       the kitchen
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D D 
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Papa's   done passed on
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G G 
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We'd sit      out on the front porch
Em Em 
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D D 
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Just a- pickin' on the songs
G G 
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And there's a bible on the table
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D D 
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'Cause we bleed    for what we have
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D D 
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Cadd9 Cadd9 
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And that's the ballad of a southern man
Em Em 
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I guess that's
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C C 
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G G 
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Outro 1

G

D

Cadd9

G

My first rifle was a .24 3

Em

D

Cadd9

G

Papa gave Daddy and Daddy gave to me

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