[Intro]
(Hold the basic framework of a G chord, so that you can sustain the first note.)
e|---------------|
b|-----0---0-----|
G|-------2-------|
D|---0-------0h2-|
A|---------------|
E|-3-------------|
e|-----------------|
b|-----0-----------|
G|-------0h2-0-----|
D|---0---------0h2-|
A|-----------------|
E|-3---------------| (Repeat a couple of times)
[Verse]
G D C D C D
When I was a kid Uncle Remus he put me to bed
G D C D C D
With a picture of Stonewall Jackson above my head
Em D
Then daddy came in to kiss his little man
Em D
With gin on his breath and a Bible in his hand
C D
He talked about honor and things I should know
C D
Then he'd stagger a little as he went out the door
[Chorus]
G Bm Em D C Bm Am D
I can still hear the soft southern winds in the live oak trees
G Bm Em G C Bm Am D
And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me Hank and Tenn-essee
C D Em C
I guess we’re all gonna be what we’re gonna be
D G
So what do you do with good ole boys like me
[Verse]
C D
Nothing makes a sound in the night like the wind does
G D C G C D
But you ain’t afraid if you’re washed in the blood like I was
Em D
The smell of cape jasmine through the window screen
Em D
John R. and the Wolfman kept me company
C D
By the light of the radio by my bed
C D
With Thomas Wolfe whispering in my head
[Chorus]
G Bm Em D C Bm Am D
I can still hear the soft southern winds in the live oak trees
G Bm Em G C Bm Am D
And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me Hank and Tenn-essee
C D Em C
I guess we’re all gonna be what we’re gonna be
D G D C D
So what do you do with good ole boys like me
[Verse]
G D C G C D
When I was in school I ran with a kid down the street
G D C G C D
And I watched him burn himself up on bourbon and speed
Em D
But I was smarter than most and I could choose
Em D
Learned to talk like the man on the six o’clock news
C D
When I was eighteen Lord I hit the road
C D
But it really doesn't matter how far I go
[Chorus]
G Bm Em D C Bm Am D
I can still hear the soft southern winds in the live oak trees
G Bm Em G C Bm Am D
And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me Hank and Tenn-essee
C D Em C
I guess we’re all gonna be what we’re gonna be
D Em C
So what do you do with good ole boys like me
D G
Yeah what do you do with good ole boys like me
[Outro]
e|-----------------|
b|-----0-----------|
G|-------0h2-0-----|
D|---0---------0h2-|
A|-----------------|
E|-3---------------| (x3, the strum a G chord)