Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is a singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores.
Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman's own biography. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.
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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 16:47:54 -0600 (CST) Subject: Randy Newman-Rednecks
This was requested from an individual so I though i would also post it to nevada. This is basically a piano song (most Newman songs are), but I think the chords are pretty close. I apologize for any mistakes, but this is my first posting of music. I hope to do many more.
Jeff H.
Rednecks--Randy Newman From--Good 'Ole Boys
Intro: Em7G(add A)/BEm7 Last night I saw Lester Maddox on a TV show Em7G(add A)/BEm7 with some smart-ass New York Jew. Em7G(add A)/BA7/C# And the Jew laughed at Lester Maddox C/DGsus4/DG and the audience laughed at Lester Maddox too. Em7G(add A)/BEm7 Well, he may be a fool, but he's our fool. Em7G(add A)/BA7/C# If they think they're better than him, they're wrong. Em7Em7/DCA7/C# So I went to the park and I took some paper along C/DGsus4/DG and that's where I made this song.
Verse 1: GD7GD7 We talk real funny down here. GD7GD7 We drink too much and we laugh too loud. GD/F#Em7 We're too dumb to make it in no Northern town, A7C/DGD7 and we're keepin' the niggers down. GD7GD7 We got no-necked oilmen from Texas, GD7GD7 good ol' boys from Tennessee, GD/F#Em7 college men from L.S.U. GD/F#Em7 Went in dumb, come out dumb too. GD/F#Em7 Hustlin' 'round Atlanta in their alligator shoes. GD/F#Em7 Gettin' drunk ev'ry weekend at the barbuques, A7C/DG and they're keepin' the niggers down.
CHORUS: GCGC We're Rednecks, we're Rednecks, GD7Em7C7 and we don't know our ass from a hole in the ground. GD7GD7 We're Rednecks, we're Rednecks, A7C/DG and we're are keeping the niggers down.
(last time only--slowly) E7A7C/DG We are keepin' the niggers down.
Verse 2:
Now your Northern nigger's a Negro You see he's got his dignity Down here we're too ignorant to realize That the North has set the nigger free. Yes, he's free to be put in a cage in Harlem in New York City And he's free to be put in a cage on the South side of Chicago and the West side And he's free to be put in a cage in Hough in Cleveland And he's free to be put in a cage in East St. Louis And he's free to be put in a cage in Fillmore in San Francisco And he's free to be put in a cage in Roxbury in Boston. They're gatherin' 'em up from miles around, Keepin' the niggers down.