Dm | Bb | Gm | Dm | Bb | Gm | |
Dm | Fmaj7/C | |
Southern man, better keep your head, |
Bb | G7 | |
don't forget what your Good Book says. |
Dm | Fmaj7/C | |
Southern change gonna come at last, |
Bb | G7 | Dm | |
now your crosses are burnin' fast, southern man. |
Bb | Gm | Dm | Bb | Gm | |
Dm | Bb | Gm | |
I saw cotton and I saw black, |
Dm | Bb | Gm | |
tall white mansions and little shacks; |
Dm | Bb | Gm | |
southern man when will you pay them back? |
A | |
I heard screamin' and bull whips crackin'. |
How long, how long? Ah! |
Dm | Bb | Gm | Dm | Bb | Gm | |
Dm | Fmaj7/C | |
Southern man, better keep your head, |
Bb | G7 | |
don't forget what your Good Book says. |
Dm | Fmaj7/C | |
Southern change gonna come at last, |
Bb | G7 | Dm | |
now your crosses are burnin' fast, southern man. |
Bb | Gm | Dm | Bb | Gm | |
Dm | Bb | Gm | |
I saw cotton and I saw black, |
Dm | Bb | Gm | |
tall white mansions and little shacks; |
Dm Bb Gm |
southern man when will you pay them back? |
A | |
I heard screamin' and bull whips crackin'. |
How long, how long? Ah! |
Dm | Bb | Gm | Dm | Bb | Gm | |
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