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[Intro]
  G    C    D(x2)
[Verse 1]
GThree leagues down the soft side of where you left my
GGold rose crown, you broke down, and left me with a
  CChest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars
Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars
[Verse 2]
GThree weeks down, I drowned myself in whiskey
GCame back round, and drowned out, and left me with a
CChest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars
Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars
[Interlude]
GOoooh, oooooh, Coooooh, oooooDoh
G  C  D
[Chorus]
GStreetlights talk the same way my mother told me
GI walk the same way my father told me
CBack straight, chest out, just like a soldier
Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier
GWise men talk the same way my mother told me
GI walk the same way my father told me
CBack straight, chest out, just like a soldier
Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier
[Interlude]
GOoooh, oooooh, Coooooh, oooooDoh
GOoooh, oooooh, Coooooh, oooooDoh
[Bridge]
Gmaj7You go down south, south
You Gmaj7go down south, south
You Cmaj7go down south, south
You Cmaj7go down south, south
You Gmaj7go down south, south
You Gmaj7go down south, south
You Cmaj7go down south, south
You Cmaj7go down south, south
You Gmaj7go down south, south
You Gmaj7go down south, south
You Cmaj7go down south, south
You Cmaj7go down south, south
[Outro]
GStreetlights talk the same way my mother told me
(You go down south, south)
GI walk the same way my father told me
(You go down south, south)
CBack straight, chest out, just like a soldier
(You go down south, south)
CBack straight, chest out, just like a soldier
(You go down south, south)
GWise men talk the same way my mother told me
(You go down south, south)
GI walk the same way my father told me
(You go down south, south)
CBack straight, chest out, just like a soldier
(You go down south, south)
CBack straight, chest out, just like a soldierG  
(You go down south, south)

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South

by Hippo Campus

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Chords in this song · guitar

Gmaj7

Cmaj7

[Intro]

G C D

(x2)

[Verse 1]

Three leagues down the soft side of where you left my

Gold rose crown, you broke down, and left me with a

Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars

[Verse 2]

Three weeks down, I drowned myself in whiskey

Came back round, and drowned out, and left me with a

Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars

[Interlude]

G C D

Ooooh, oooooh, oooooh, ooooooh

G C D

[Chorus]

Streetlights talk the same way my mother told me

I walk the same way my father told me

Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier

Wise men talk the same way my mother told me

I walk the same way my father told me

Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier

[Interlude]

G C D

Ooooh, oooooh, oooooh, ooooooh

G C D

Ooooh, oooooh, oooooh, ooooooh

[Bridge]

Gmaj7

You go down south, south

Gmaj7

You go down south, south

Cmaj7

You go down south, south

Cmaj7

You go down south, south

Gmaj7

You go down south, south

Gmaj7

You go down south, south

Cmaj7

You go down south, south

Cmaj7

You go down south, south

Gmaj7

You go down south, south

Gmaj7

You go down south, south

Cmaj7

You go down south, south

Cmaj7

You go down south, south

[Outro]

Streetlights talk the same way my mother told me

(You go down south, south)

I walk the same way my father told me

(You go down south, south)

Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier

(You go down south, south)

Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier

(You go down south, south)

Wise men talk the same way my mother told me

(You go down south, south)

I walk the same way my father told me

(You go down south, south)

Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier

(You go down south, south)

C G

Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier

(You go down south, south)

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