In Defense Of Our Good Name Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C#m][Am][Bb][C]
[Am][C#5][Am]
[Bb][C#5][Am]

[Verse 1]
Returning to [Am]solace
So sweet like honeysuckle on the tongue
The sound of silence
blesses my ears
Enveloping like the earth I
will one day lie in
Metropolis is bad to wither the soul
Roaring concrete and steel
washes you [Bb]in bl[Am]ood

[Verse 2]
So let you [Am]point and laugh
Provincial ain't so bad
Take me back down to where I belong
To rust in river[Bb]s
[C5]I do[Am] not covet any man's[B5] lif[Am]e
I know my place all too well
One man's paradise is another
man's [A5]living [Am]hell
To each their own
Generations ago,
made this [A5]place [Am]my own
The roots are deep an[B5]d strong[Am]

[Interlude 2]
Carry them wherever I go
[Am][Bb][C][Am]
[Bb][Am][Bb][Am][Bb][Am]

[Verse 3]
Never [Am]wanted your approval
Never wanted your acceptance
Never wanted to be anything but me
Never wanted to be anywhere but here
Carry me southeast bound home
To speak in defense of our good name
Lay me to rest with my kin

[Interlude 3]
In the ground of God's country
[C#5][Am][Bb][C][Am]
[Bb]
[Am][G#5][Am][F][E5]
[Am][G#5][Am][F][E5][Am]

[Verse 4]
[Am]Lash out at any who would
smear [G#5]you with hate
[Am]Dei fy n[F]o one,
never crawl [E5]ashamed
The past scream[Am]s injustice on
a southern night wind
Whips [G#5]manacle chains, mus[Am]ket balls
A dark [F]history never forgot[Am]ten
[E5]Only[Am] miscon [E5]cepti[Am]on remai[Bb5]ns

[Interlude 4]
[Am][Bb5][Am][Bb][Am][C#5]
[A5]
[Am][Bb][C][C#][Am][Bb][C][C#][Am][Bb][C][C#][Am][Bb][C]
[Am]
[Bb]Speak [Am]in defense

[Verse 5]
of our good name
The blood of kin grants absolution
[Bb]I'll join them [Am]soon enough in the ground
[Bb]of God's count[Am]ry[C#][Bb]

[Verse 6]
[Am]Speak in defense of our good name
The blood of kin grants absolution
I'll join them soon enough in the ground of God's country
[C#][Bb]

[Interlude 5]
[Am][Am][G#5][Am][Am]
[C#][Bb]
[Am]Never wanted your

[Verse 7]
acceptance
Never wanted your approval
[A5]Nev [Am]er wanted to be[Am]
[Am]anything but me
Never wanted to be anywhere but right [Am]here