[Intro]
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[Verse]
D                       A
Cotton on the roadside, cotton in the ditch
G                    A                   D
We all picked cotton but we never got rich
D                                    A
Daddy was a veteran, a Southern Democrat he said
G                                 A           D
They oughta  get the rich men to vote like that

[Chorus]
D                 A
Singing song, song of the south
G                      A          D
Sweet potato pie and I hush my mouth
D     A
Gone, gone with the wind
G                  A               D
There ain't nobody looking back again


D                          A
When I was eighteen 'for I ate my fill
G                             A              D
We lived on the garden and the cow’s good will.
D                      A
Winter was wet and Summer were dry and
G                    A         D
Momma she was old at thirty-five.

[Chorus]
D        A
song, song of the south
G                      A          D
Sweet potato pie and I hush my mouth
D     A
Gone, gone with the wind
G                  A               D
There ain't nobody looking back again

D                          A
Well somebody told us that Wall Street had fell
G                      A               D
so damned poor that we couldn't even tell
D                        A
Cotton was short and the weeds was tall
G                        A         D
Mr. Roosevelt was  gonna save us all

[Chorus]
D        A
song, song of the south
G                      A          D
Sweet potato pie and I hush my mouth
D     A
Gone, gone with the wind
G                  A               D
There ain't nobody looking back again

D                       A
Well momma got sick and daddy got down
G                               A           D
The county took the farm and we moved to town
D                        A
Daddy got a job with the TVA
G                                       A          D
We bought a washing machine and then a new Chevrolet

[Chorus]
D                  A
Singing song, song of the south
G                      A           D
Sweet potato pie and I hush my mouth
D     A
Gone, gone with the wind
G                      A            D
There ain't nobody looking back again