Ballad Of A Southern Man chords by Whiskey Myers (Official Version)
Verse 1
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My first rifle was a .24 3
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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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with a steady hand
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I guess that's something
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you don't understand
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Now I grew up on a prison farm
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Sneaking pulls of shine from a mason jar
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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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you don't understand
Chorus 1
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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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Just a- pickin' on the songs
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And there's blood on the table
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'Cause we work for what we have
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And I was raised in this land
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I guess that's
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something you don't understand
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Verse 2
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I still fly that southern flag
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Whistling Dixieland enough to brag
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And I know all the words to simple man
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I guess that's something
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you don't understand
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I pledge my allegiance the original way
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Say Merry Christmas not Happy Holidays
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I can't change my ways I know who I am
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I guess that's something
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you don't understand
Chorus 2
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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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Just a- pickin' on the songs
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And there's blood on the table
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'Cause we work for what we have
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And I was raised in this land
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I guess that's
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something you don't understand
Bridge 1
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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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And no bankers gonna steal from me
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They wanna tear it all apart
Chorus 3
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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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Just a- pickin' on the songs
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And there's a bible on the table
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'Cause we bleed for what we have
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And that's the ballad of a southern man
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I guess that's
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something you don't understand
Outro 1
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My first rifle was a .24 3
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Papa gave Daddy and Daddy gave to me
Ballad Of A Southern Man
Whiskey Myers
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