Southern Star chords by David Allan Coe

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Verse 1
G 
F 
 (G major) Oh, Southern Star,  (F major) 
C 
G 
 (C major) how I wish you would  (G major) shine
F 
C 
G 
And  (F major) show me the way  (C major) to  (G major) go home
F 
C 
G 
I'm blue -collar branded  (F major) and  (C major) stuck in a  (G major) mill
D 
Dm 
C 
G 
My life  (D major)  (D minor) is  a  (C major) stranger to me  (G major) 
F 
I'm too young to  (F major) live like
C 
G 
I'm  (C major) over the  (G major) hill
Dm 
C 
G 
And too  (D minor) old to  (C major) be young and  (G major) free
D 
 (D major) Tired and nowhere found
G 
Lost  (G major) in the 80s, that's where I am
D 
I  (D major) need a guiding light
G 
Shin (G major) ing down to help me
make it through the night
F 
Oh, Southern Star,  (F major) 
C 
G 
how I  (C major) wish you would  (G major) shine
Dm 
C 
G 
And  (D minor) show me the way  (C major) to go  (G major) home
F 
C 
G 
Dm 
C 
G 
 (F major)  (C major)  (G major)  (D minor)  (C major)  (G major) 
F 
C 
G 
Oh,  (F major) won't you  (C major) play me some old  (G major) song
Dm 
C 
G 
Let  (D minor) my mind drift  (C major) back to sixty -eight  (G major) 
F 
C 
We all have a  (F major) time and a place  (C major) 
G 
where we belong  (G major) 
Dm 
C 
G 
D 
Some (D minor) where we can  (C major) go to escape  (G major)  (D major) 
Tired and nowhere bound
G 
Lost  (G major) in the 80s, that's where I am
D 
I  (D major) need a guiding light
G 
Shin (G major) ing down to help me make
it through the night
F 
Oh, Southern Star,  (F major) 
C 
G 
how I wish  (C major) you would shine  (G major) 
Dm 
C 
G 
And  (D minor) show me the way  (C major) to go home  (G major) 
F 
C 
G 
Dm 
C 
 (F major)  (C major)  (G major)  (D minor)  (C major) 
G 
 (G major) 
F 
C 
Oh, Star,  (F major) how I  (C major) 
G 
wish you would shine  (G major) 
F 
C 
G 
And  (F major) show me the way  (C major) to go  (G major) home you