Ballad Of A Southern Man Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]My first [D]rifle was a [C].24[G]3
[Em]Papa gave [D]Daddy and Dad[C]dy gave to [G]me
And they taught me how to [D]shoot
with a [C]steady [Em]hand
I guess that's [D]something
you [C]don't under[G]stand
Now I grew [D]up on a [C]prison [G]farm
[Em]Sneaking pulls of [D]shine from a [C]mason [G]jar
Used to go [D]fishing out [C]pickle [Em]creek dam
But I guess that's [D]something
you [C]don't under[G]stand

[Chorus 1]
[C]Grandmas in the [G]kitchen
[C]Papa's [G]done passed [D]on
We'd [C]sit out on the [G]front porch
Just a- [Em]pickin' [D]on the [C]songs
And there's blood on the [G]table
'Cause we [C]work for [G]what we [D]have
And I was [Em]raised [D]in [C]this land
I [Em]guess that's
[D]something you [C]don't under[G]stand

[Verse 2]
[G]I still f[D]ly that s[C]outhern f[G]lag
[Em]Whistling [D]Dixieland e[C]nough to [G]brag
And I know all the [D]words to [C]simple [Em]man
I guess that's [D]something
you [C]don't under[G]stand
I pledge my al[D]legiance the o[C]riginal [G]way
[Em]Say Merry [D]Christmas not [C]Happy Holi[G]days
I can't change my [D]ways I [C]know who [Em]I am
I guess that's [D]something
you [C]don't under[G]stand

[Chorus 2]
[C]Grandmas in the [G]kitchen
[C]Papa's [G]done passed [D]on
We'd [C]sit out on the [G]front porch
Just a- [Em]pickin' [D]on the [C]songs
And there's blood on the [G]table
'Cause we [C]work for [G]what we [D]have
And I was [Em]raised [D]in [C]this land
I [Em]guess that's
[D]something you [C]don't under[G]stand

[Bridge 1]
[Bb]They'll grind us up in a big m[F]achine
[C]They'll feed us all on the sam[G]e beliefs
[Bb]Holy dolla[F]r and a credit card[C]
[Bb]But we got a way of doin[F]g things
[C]And no bankers gonna ste[G]al from me
[D]They wanna tear it all apart

[Chorus 3]
Grandmas [C]in the [G]kitchen
[C]Papa's [G]done passed [D]on
We'd [C]sit out on the [G]front porch
Just a- [Em]pickin' [D]on the [C]songs
And there's a bible on the [G]table
'Cause we [C]bleed for [G]what we [D]have
And that's the [Em]ballad of a [D]southern [C]man
I [Em]guess that's
[D]something you [C]don't under[G]stand

[Outro 1]
[G]My first [D]rifle was a [C].24[G]3
[Em]Papa gave [D]Daddy and Dad[C]dy gave to [G]me