Southland in the Springtime Lyrics

SOUTHLAND IN THE SPRINGTIME (Emily Saliers)
(Actually in A, so capo at the 2nd fret.)
(Each chord is one measure, except chords joined by hyphens are one
measure _total_.)
(intro)
Maybe we'll make Texas by the morning
Light the bayou with our taillights in the night
- ss
Eight hundred miles to El Paso from the state line
And we never have the money for the flight
VERSE 2:
I'm in the back seat sleepy from the travel
Played our hearts out all night long in New Orleans
- s
I'm dirty from the diesel fuel, drinking coffee black
s
When the first breath of Texas comes in clean
CHORUS:
And there's something about the southland in the springtime
Where the waters flow with confidence and reason
Though I miss her when I'm gone, it won't ever be too long
Till I'm home again to spend my favorite season
When god made me born a yankee he was teasing
There's no place like home and none more pleasing than the southland
in the springtime
In Georgia, nights are softer than a whisper
Beneath a quilt somebody's mother made by hand
With the farmland like a tapestry passed down through generations
And the peach trees stitched across the land
There'll be cider up near Helen off the roadside
And warm peanuts in a bag to warm your fingers
And the smoke from the chimneys meets its maker in the sky
With a song that winter wrote whose melody lingers
(Repeat chorus, end on last G.)
INTRO TAB:
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|------0=2---2-3-|
D ----0-------0---|----3-------3---|----0=2-----0=2-|0---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|------0=2-------|
D ----0-------0---|----3-------3---|----0=2-----0=2-|0---------------|
- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com