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Southern Man
Neil Young
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00:00 Song Demo
01:24 Lesson Intro
02:24 Chords
05:29 Transform Your Strumming!
06:05 Strumming Pattern 1
10:44 Strumming Pattern 2
13:05 Strumming Pattern 3
15:31 Lesson Outro

It's not WHAT you strum...

...But HOW you strum it!

Not sure what to strum for these songs?

How do you come up with strumming patterns?

Fed up strumming D DU UDU all the time?

You need to LEVEL UP YOUR STRUMMING!

CAPO 3

 

 

[INTRO]

 

|Am       |F   Dm  |Am      |F    Dm  |

 

 

[CHORUS]

 

Am                    G

Southern man, better keep your head,

F                    Dm

don't forget what your Good Book says.

Am                   G   

Southern change gonna come at last,

F                  Dm             (Am)

now your crosses are burnin' fast, southern man.

 

|Am       |F   Dm  |Am      |F    Dm  |

 

 

[VERSE 1]

 

Am              F       Dm

I saw cotton and I saw black,

Am                     F            Dm

tall white mansions and little shacks

Am                        F          Dm

southern man when will you pay them back

E

I heard screamin' and bull whips crackin'

 

How long, how long? Ah!

 

|Am       |F   Dm  |Am      |F    Dm  |

 

 

[CHORUS]

 

Am                   G   

Southern man, better keep your head,

F                    Dm

don't forget what your Good Book says.

Am                   G   

Southern change gonna come at last,

F                  Dm             (Am)

now your crosses are burnin' fast, southern man.

 

|Am       |F   Dm  |Am      |F    Dm  |

 

 

[VERSE 2]

 

Am                      F       Dm

Lily Belle, your hair is golden brown

Am                      F       Dm

I've seen your black man comin' round

Am                      F       Dm

Swear by God, I'm gonna cut him down!

E

I heard screamin' and bull whips crackin'.

 

How long, how long? Ah!

 

 

[OUTRO]

 

|Am       |F   Dm  |Am      |F    Dm  | (X6)