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Ever South chords by
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Key: E minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1

We packed our few
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belongings and we moved across the ocean
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To start a new life in this
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land so bold and vast
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Dispersed from Ellis Island,
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my distant Irish kin
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Eyes cut to the future,
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heart's tied to the past
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Verse 2
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Em
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We held tight to our loved ones

and we held on to the promise
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And we scraped our meager
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D

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living hand to mouth
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We prayed to what would have us,
D
D

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every doubting John Thomas
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Spreading through the
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Appalachia ever south
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Spread through Appalachia ever south
Verse 3
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Bm
Bm
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And I hear we weren't welcomed here,
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at least not in those days
Em
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No one needs our drunken,
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D

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fighting, thieving kind
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But we settled in this new place
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and we worked it in our ways
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And spread our kin upon it in due time
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Spread our kin upon it in due time
Verse 4
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And we fought our losing battles
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and we held onto our ways
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And we talk of how we left behind
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D

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our better days
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Some were living lives of leisure,
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some surviving hand to mouth
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Bash our heads against the future,
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ever south
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Bash our heads against the future
Interlude 1

ever south
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Verse 5
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When I set my sights upon you,
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we were both still in our prime
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We were moving in big circles
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that I sought out to combine
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And I held you in my arms and
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D

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swore eternal love this time
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Tried to lasso brighter futures
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D

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and let it drag us both behind
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Lasso brighter futures,
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D

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let it drag us both behind
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Verse 6
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So we aimed our sights westward
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like so many did before
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Expanding our horizons to
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some distant shore
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Where everyone takes notice of
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the drawl that leaves our mouth
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So that no matter where we are
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we're ever south
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No matter where we are we're
Interlude 2

ever south
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Verse 7
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Now my Christian Southern brethren
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will tell you all what for
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To keep your heathen ways up in you
D
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and your shoes outside the door
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Take your stand for noble causes till
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you just can't stand no more
Am
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And surrender to some savior,
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praise the Lord
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Surrender to some savior,

praise the Lord
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Am
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Em
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Verse 8
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Em
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But despite our best intentions,
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it pains me to report
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We keep swinging for the fences,
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coming up a little short
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We sure can get it wrong
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for someone so devout
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I hear you whistling past
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the graveyard looking down
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Whistling past the graveyard
Interlude 3

looking down
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Verse 9
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Ever Southern in my carriage,
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ever southern in my stance
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In the Irish of my complexion
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D
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and the Scottish in my dance
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In the way I bang my head against
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my daily circumstance
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Verse 10
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D
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C
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Let this blue eyed southern devil
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take you out upon the prowl
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With decadence and charm
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we'll take it into town
C
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Tell you stories of our fathers and
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the glories of our house
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Always told a little slower,
Outro 1

ever south
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Em

  • D

  • C

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • Am

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Ever South by Drive-By Truckers is E minor.

The primary chords used in Ever South are Em, D, C, Bm, G, Am.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Em, D, C, Bm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Ever South is approximately 90 beats per minute.

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