Bleu Edmondson - "Southland"

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Bleu plays this in a cool bluesy kind of rhythm. He may play it with a capo at the 1st fret but I play it without and it works out just fine.

Intro: E A E A E A E A (Blusey)

E A E A
A.M. on Sunday and I’m walkin’ real slow
E A E A
Keeping time with sunshine I got no real place to go
E A E A
And its cold down here but I can’t complain
E A E A
Standin in the breeze of a slow movin train (1 count pause)
E A E A
In the Southland

That man from Alabam’ told me where he’d been
Said he’d gone all around the world, till he made it back home again
He said I’ll tell you somthin son sure as here I stand
He said I don’t know much, but I know this, the lord smiles on Dixie land (Stay on the A for 8 counts)

Chorus
B A E
Keep on trucking Kentucky Mile
B A E
Fall in love with a delta smile (In the second chorus he says ‘bayou’ not delta)
B A E
Sweet Gorgia peach is gonna give me some
B A B A
Slam down that hammer boys and watch me run
E A E A
Through the Southland

I don’t fall in love, cause you know I got a ramblin way
I blame all on the street survivors, yeah those boys from FLA
Watch your feet pretty mama, see if they shuffle around
Come get real close to me and I tell you what’s going down
In the Southland

Chorus

Just north of my hometown, I got some friends you see
Those boys from Oklahoma getting high on southern reverie
Keep the campfires burning, don’t worry if I’m not there (open)
I come creeping up quick with a smile on my face baby’s got pine needles in her hair
That’s how we do it in the Southland

Get up getup stand up stand up in the Southland
Get up getup stand up stand up in the Southland
Proud people proud people in the Southland
Wont you come on and take a ride
Mama’s in the kitchen daddy’s in the field
We ain’t got nothin to hide
Down here in the Southland

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