Key: G
Introduction:
G D
Song, song of the South,
C
Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth.
G D
Gone, gone with the wind,
C
Ain't nobody lookin' back again.
G D
Cotton on the roadside, cotton in the ditch,
C
we all picked cotton but we never got rich.
G D
Daddy was a vetern southern democrat,
C
they oughta get a rich man to vote like that.......(singin')
(Chorus)
G D
Well somebody told us that Wall Street fell,
C
but we were so poor that we couldn't tell.
G D
Cotton was short and the weeds were tall,
C
but Mr. Roosevelt was gonna save us all.
(Chorus)
G D
Well momma got sick and daddy got down,
C
the county got the farm and we moved to town.
G D
Papa got a job with the TVA,
C
he bought a washing machine and then a Chevrolet.