Southern State

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Capo 3
I play this on classical guitar. When playing A's and D's throw in occasional
hammers on the 2nd and 3rd fret.
D
Well the songs you sung spiraled
F#m
And hung 'round like echoes
Em A
Or ripples on a pond
D
So you circled the globe
F#m
Spent a year on the road
Em A
Without ever going home
D
More than a couple of days,
F#m
Then you’d leave right away
Em A
Run to a girl you barely know
D
But you like how she sings
F#m
And you can’t help but think
Em A
That there’s something that she knows and could teach you
Em A
While you’re sleeping in that southern state
Em A
Where the bars are filled with people you can’t hate
Em
But try as you try
A
You still can’t relate to them
Em A
And you drink that whiskey down
As they ask you,
Bm G D
“Are you who you say you are?”
Bm G D
Are you who you say that you are?
Bm G D
Are you who you say that you are, you…
D D
Are you who you say that you are?
Bm G D Em G
Are you who you say you are?
A
The fact that you can’t tell makes us like you even more
D F#m Em A
D
So now you’re trying again
F#m
Or just visiting friends
Em A
One had just had his heart broke
D
For the first time in his life
F#m
He realized there are times
Em A
When you can’t make it alone
D
But now you’re giving advice
F#m
As if you had the right
Em A
To use a word like “love”
D
It’s a negotiable term
F#m
What gets said’s not what’s heard
Em A
So it’s different then for everyone
Em A
But you're still hanging ‘round that college town
Em A
With your…your new life your new lover you’ve found
Em A
And you’re keeping her up at night, bringing her down
Em A
She’ll watch you drink yourself to death
But won’t ask you,
Bm G D
“is this really what you want?”
Bm G D
Is this really what you want?
Bm G D
Is this really what you is this what...
Bm G
Is this really what you want?
Bm G D Em G
Is this really what you want?
A D F#m
,
Are you just sticking with it now because it’s all you’ve got?
Em A D F#m
,
Are you just sticking with it now because it’s all you’ve got?
Em
Yeah that’s it, I think you’re sticking with me now
A
Because I’m all you’ve got
D F#mEmA
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Southern State chords and lyrics

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Capo 3
I play this on classical guitar.  When playing A's and D's throw in occasional 
hammers on the 2nd and 3rd fret.
As they ask you, 
D F#m Em A
But won’t ask you, 
D, F#m, Em, A

Southern State Chords by Bright Eyes

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