Southern Man Lyrics

TITLE: SOUTHERN MAN
SUBMITTED BY: Keith "Hang The DJ" McCarthy
This is the Dm version, from the recorded version on ATGR.
Additional input from members of Rusted-Guitars (a team effort)
CHORDS:
KEY TO TAB:
= sustain OR vibrato
0_3 hammer-on(h)/pull-off(p)
(0) muted note/subtle note
\ slide down
/ slide up
. staccato note
^ bend full
(11^) pick whilst bent
INTRO/FILL EXAMPLE:
INTRO: (see example tab)
Dm / / / Bb / Gm Gm9 (play twice)
CHORUS:
Southern man better keep your head
Don't forget what your good book said
Southern change gonna come at last
Now your crosses are burning fast
FILL: (see example tab)
Southern Man
VERSE:
I saw cotton and I saw black
Tall white mansions and little shacks
Southern man when will you pay them back?
I heard screamin' and bullwhips crackin'
How long, how long? Ho-o-ow long?
SOLO:
||10------------+5-----------x-+-----------3====-(3)------(0)--||
||13^----(0)----+6----6--5---x-+-3---------3====--3--3----(0)--||
||:--------x----+7----7--7-----+-3---------3====--5^-5^(5)(0)-:||
||----------x---+--------------+-3---------3====---------------||
|--------------------+---8------12---12-x-12_10-10=====11_8-10-8
/10=============+10_8-10---10-------------+---------------------|
Gm Dm etc...
|-----------------10-10-10-10-10_12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10--------|
10_8_10--10----------+--------------------+---------------------|
|---------------10---+10-10_13-13-_13-_13-+13--10----10----12--13
|-12--13--12---10---10==---13--12--10--13--12--10--13--12--10---|
|-10-12-13--10-12-13--10-12-13--10-12-13-13-13====13-12-10------|
|--------------------+------------7-------7-5-7==7====---7---7--|
|6-8-6-8---8_6-8_6-8_6-8_6-8_6-8_6-8_6-8_6-8_6-8_6-8_6-8_6-8_6--|
Bb(use pinky) Gm Dm
|8^====-8_6---6^-----+--------------------+---------------------|
|-----------7-----7_5-7_5-7=-5757-57--5757======-----1012131313-|
|--------------------10----10--10-13=================--13---10--|
|--1210-12===-x------+--------------------+---------------------|
|---10==========+--10-----------+---------------+---------------|
13--------------+-----13-10====-+10-------------+---------------|
|---------------+---------------+---------------+12---12_10-----|
|---------------+---------------+---------------+-----------12===
|---------------+---------------+---------------+-----133-131-etc.
|---------------+---------------+1------1_3-----+-----------0_1==
|This is haphazard of Dm --+-----------1---+1_3---1_3------|
|notes with random hammer-ons --+---------------+x--------------|
|and pull-offs, microbends --+---------------+---------------|
|and the kitchen sink... --+---------------+---------------|
|---------------+---------------+------3-0-----3+-13131-_3-_3-_3|
|---------------+-------------01-3--1--0---1===0----3==1===0===-|
3==----3==------+--------0-13---+--------3------+-3==-----------|
|----0---1====--+-------2-------+---------------+---------------|
|3=========================1_3=--3--------------+---------------|
|---------------+---------------+---------------17^=============|
VERSE:
Lily Bell your hair is golden brown
I've seen your black man comin' down
Swear by God I'm gonna cut him down
I heard screamin' and bullwhips crackin' and
How long, how long? Ho-o-ow long?
SOLO II:
...32 bars more of SOLO II to be continued (some day)...
OUTRO:
FADE OUT...