Bright Sunny South chords by Dock Boggs

SimplifiedEm · Fm · A · Bm

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) In the bright
Bm 
sunny south in  (B minor) peace and content
Em 
 (E minor) The days of my boyhood,
A 
I scarcely have  (A major) spent
Em 
From the  (E minor) deep flowing spring
to the broad flowing stream
Ever dear to my memory,

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Interlude 1

and sweet is my dream

Verse 2
Em 
I'll leave my confinement  (E minor) 
Bm 
and comfort  (B minor) of   life
Em 
 (E minor) The danger of bloodshed,
A 
provision, and  (A major) strife
Em 
I've  (E minor) come to conclose and reply
Bm 
with my  (B minor) word
Em 
 (E minor) As   I shoulder my musket and billet

Interlude 2

my sword

Verse 3
Bm 
My father looked sad as he  (B minor) 
Em 
begged me to  (E minor) part
And my mother embraced
A 
me with anguish of  (A major) heart
Em 
And my  (E minor) beautiful sister looked
pale in her woe
As she grabbed me and blessed me and told
Fm 
Em 
me to go  (F minor)  (E minor) 

Interlude 3

Verse 4
Em 
 (E minor) Dear father, dear father,
Bm 
Em 
for  (B minor) me   do not  (E minor) weep
For on some high mountain,
A 
I mean  (A major) for to sleep
Em 
And the  (E minor) danger of war,
I intend for to share
And for sickness and death,

Interlude 4

I intend to prepare

Verse 5
Em 
Dear  (E minor) mother, dear mother,
Bm 
Em 
for  (B minor) me   do not  (E minor) weep
For a mother's kind voice
A 
I ever  (A major) will keep
Em 
You have  (E minor) taught me be brave
Bm 
from a boy to a  (B minor) man
Em 
 (E minor) And I'm going in defense of her
own native land
Bm 
Dear sister, dear sister, I  (B minor) cannot tell the

Verse 6
Em 
woe  (E minor) 
Your tears and your sorrow,
A 
they trouble me  (A major) so
Em 
I  (E minor) must be a- going for here
I cannot stand
For I'm going in defense