Intro
Am G x2
[Verse 1]
Am G
We packed our few belongings and we moved across the ocean
Am G
To start a new life in this land so bold and vast
Am G
Dispersed from Ellis Island, my distant Irish kin
Am G
Eyes cut to the future, heart’s tied to the past
Am G
[Verse 2]
Am G
We held tight to our loved ones and we held on to the promise
Am G
and we scraped our meager living hand to mouth
Am G
We prayed to what would have us, every doubting John Thomas
Am G
spreading through the Appalachia ever south
Am G
Spread through Appalachia ever south
[Verse 3]
Am G
And I hear we weren’t welcomed here, at least not in those days
Am G
No one needs our drunken, fighting, thieving kind
Am G
But we settled in this new place and we worked it in our ways
Am G
and spread our kin upon it in due time
Am G
Spread our kin upon it in due time
[Chorus 1]
F9 C
And we fought our losing battles and we held onto our ways
F9 C
and we talk of how we left behind our better days
F9 C
Some were living lives of leisure, some surviving hand to mouth
Am G
Bash our heads against the future, ever south
Am G
Bash our heads against the future ever south
[Instrumental]
Am G x2
[Verse 4]
Am G
When I set my sights upon you, we were both still in our prime
Am G
We were moving in big circles that I sought out to combine
Am G
And I held you in my arms and swore eternal love this time
Am G
Tried to lasso brighter futures and let it drag us both behind
Am G
Lasso brighter futures, let it drag us both behind
Am G
[Chorus 2]
F9 C
So we aimed our sights westward like so many did before
F9 C
Expanding our horizons to some distant shore
F9 C
Where everyone takes notice of the drawl that leaves our mouth
Am G
So that no matter where we are we’re ever south
Am G
No matter where we are we’re ever south
[Instrumental]
Am G x2
[Verse 5]
Am G
Now my Christian Southern brethren will tell you all what for
Am G
to keep your heathen ways up in you and your shoes outside the door
Am G
take your stand for noble causes till you just can’t stand no more
Am G
and surrender to some savior, Praise the Lord,
Am G
Surrender to some savior, Praise the Lord
Am G
[Verse 6]
Am G
But despite our best intentions, it pains me to report
Am G
we keep swinging for the fences, coming up a little short
Am G
We sure can get it wrong for someone so devout
Am G
I hear you whistling past the graveyard looking down
Am G
Whistling past the graveyard looking down
{Chorus 3}
F9 C x1
F9 C
Ever Southern in my carriage, ever southern in my stance
F9 C
in the Irish of my complexion and the Scottish in my dance
F9 C
in the way I bang my head against my daily circumstance
F9 C
F9 C
Let this blue eyed southern devil take you out upon the prowl
F9 C
with decadence and charm we’ll take it into town
F9 C
tell you stories of our fathers and the glories of our house
Am G
Always told a little slower, ever south
Am G
Always told a little slower, ever south
[Outro]
Am G x4
- 1. Chord Gitar Drive-By Truckers - Ever South Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Drive-By Truckers - Ever South Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan