Chorus
G Song, D song of the South,
C Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth.
G Gone, D gone with the wind,
C Ain't nobody lookin' back again.
Verse 1
G Cotton on the roadside, D cotton in the ditch,
we C all picked cotton but we never got rich.
G Daddy was a veteran, a D southern democrat,
C they oughta get a rich man to vote like that...... singin'
Chorus
Bridge
G Well, somebody told us D that Wall Street fell,
but C we were so poor that we couldn't tell.
G Cotton was short and the D weeds were tall,
but Mr. C Roosevelt was gonna save us all.
Verse 3
Well, G momma got sick and D daddy got down,
the C county got the farm and we moved to town.
G Papa got a job with the D TVA,
he bought a C washing machine and then a Chevrolet.
Chorus
G Song, D song of the South,
C Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth.
G Gone, D gone with the wind,
C Ain't nobody lookin' back again.