{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2783137,"song":"Im A Kentuckian","artist":"Don Rogers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11537266-im-a-kentuckian-chords-by-don-rogers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2783137?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"I’m a Kentuckian\r\nby Don Rogers\r\n\r\n(live from Festival of the Red in Slade, KY on June 20, 2019)\r\n\r\nKey of E\r\nCapo on 2\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI’m a Kentuckian, and I’m from the South[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you won’t hear hate comin’ from my mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nUnless it’s aimed at greed, or maybe hate itself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI believe in a Commonwealth[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m from this place, and that’s how I was raised.  I’m a Kentuckian[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe people in my life, knew how to love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey’d see a man fall down and then they’d help him up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSometimes they’d say harsh things, but it wan’t that they didn’t care[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they’d sure get mad at the people who didn’t want to treat folks fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I still hear, ringin’ in my ears the words of those Southerners[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI’m a Kentuckian, and I’m from the South[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you won’t hear hate comin’ from my mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nUnless it’s aimed at greed, or maybe hate itself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI believe in a Commonwealth[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m from this place, and that’s how I was raised.  I’m a Kentuckian[/tab]\r\n\r\nBreak (solo)\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd yes it’s true, that there was hate around[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the people around me didn’t wanna try to bring folks down[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey would show respect to the people that would come around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDidn’t make a difference poor, black or brown[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I still see, lookin’ over me, the eyes of those Southerners[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI’m a Kentuckian, and I’m from the South[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you won’t hear hate comin’ from my mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nUnless it’s aimed at greed, or maybe hate itself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI believe in a Commonwealth[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'cause I’m from this place, and that’s how I was raised.  I’m a Kentuckian[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYes, I’m from this place, and that’s how I was raised.  I’m a Southerner[/tab]","plain_text":"I’m a Kentuckian\nby Don Rogers\n\n(live from Festival of the Red in Slade, KY on June 20, 2019)\n\nKey of E\nCapo on 2\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreak (solo)\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]","chords":["E","D","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}