South of Cincinnati Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]If [C]you[G] ever get south of [D]Cincin[C]nati[G]
[C]down where the dog[D]wood trees [G]grow[D]
If you [G]ever [D]get south of [C]the Mason [G]Dixon
[C]to the home you [D]left so long [G]ago[D]
If you [G]ever get [D]south of the [C]Ohio [G]River
[C]down where [D]Dixieland be[G]gins[D]
If you [G]ever get [D]south [C]of Cincin
[G]nati [C]I'll [D]be yours again
[G][C]

[Verse 2]
[G]
She pulled the letter from the
[C]pages of [G]her Bible
And a rose pressed in[D]side
the Book of [G]Luke
For fourteen years she'd write each
[C]day but keep it hid[G]den
Refused to even speak his [D]name,
but still she [G]wrote[D]

[Verse 3]
If you [G]ever get [D]south of [C]Cincin[G]nati [C]down
where the dog[D]wood [G]trees [D]grow
If you [G]ever get [D]south of [C]the Mason [G]Dixon
to the [C]home you [D]left so long [G]ago[D]
If you [G]ever get [D]south of the [C]Ohio [G]River
[C]down where [D]Dixieland be[G]gins[D]
If you [G]ever get [D]south of [C]Cincin[G]nati [C]I'll be [D]yours [G]again[C]
[G]

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 4]
[G]At a cold gray apart[C]ment in [G]Chicago
A cigarette drowns in[D]side a glass of [G]gin
He lies there drunk,
but it don't [C]matter drunk [G]or sober
He'll never read the words that
[D]pride won't let her send
[G]

[Verse 5]
[D]
If you [G]ever get [D]south [C]of Cincinnati[G]
[C]down where the dog[D]wood trees grow
[G]If [D]you eve[G]r get sou[D]th of the Mas[C]on Dix[G]on
to the [C]home you [D]left so long [G]ago[D]
If you [G]ever get [D]south of the [C]Ohio [G]River
[C]down where [D]Dixieland [G]be [D]gins
If you [G]ever get [D]south of [C]Cincin[G]nati
[C]I'll be [D]yours [G]again[Am][G]
[C]Then I'll be [D]yours again

[Outro 1]
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