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