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Southern Girl

Amos Lee

RockAdvanced for beginners11 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

E○○○
Aadd9Diagram coming soon
C#mDiagram coming soon
Badd9Diagram coming soon
D××○
A×○○
Bm7Diagram coming soon
C#7Diagram coming soon
F#Diagram coming soon
D#mDiagram coming soon
C#add9Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 2nd fret
              nd  FRET  
 
E    Aadd9         E   Aadd9 
Farewell my sweet  
         E                    Aadd9           
Well the time that was coming  
                           C#m        Badd9 
The road has begun to move beneath my feet  
E        Aadd9     E        Aadd9 
Good things come to an end  
E                          Aadd9 
Well I hope through the pain  
                                                         C#m               Badd9 
The heartache and strain we can still remain friends  
 
                  Aadd9    E 
Something about a southern girl  
C#m          Badd9 
Make me feel right  
    Aadd9        E     
In a Mississippi morning  
         Aadd9    Badd9 
She's an angel in flight  
     Aadd9       E 
In a blink of an eye  
          C#m         Badd9 
She'll be out of your sight  
Aadd9       E     Badd9    E     Aadd9   E   Aadd9 
Something about a southern girl  
 
E   Aadd9     E   Aadd9 
You're a soft melody  
E                Aadd9 
Well I swear that I heard  
                                             C#m            Badd9 
From a lost mockingbird stuck up in a tree  
E    Aadd9    E   Aadd9 
We got a lot going on 
E            Aadd9 
Even though I'm not here  
                                                      C#m                     Badd9 
Please don't shed any tears for me day when I'm gone  
 
                  Aadd9    E 
Something about a southern girl  
C#m          Badd9 
Make me feel right  
    Aadd9        E     
In a Mississippi morning  
         Aadd9    Badd9 
She's an angel in flight  
     Aadd9       E 
In a blink of an eye  
          C#m         Badd9 
She'll be out of your sight  
Aadd9      E      Badd9    D 
Something about a southern girl  
 
                            A 
I never meant to leave you lonely  
        E           D 
It was only in your mind  
Bm7                               Aadd9 
Girl, I never meant to leave you lonely  
       C#7 
It was only a matter of time  
 
                  Badd9    F# 
Something about a southern girl  
D#m          C#add9 
Make me feel right  
     Badd9        F# 
In a Mississippi morning  
         Badd9    C#add9 
She's an angel in flight  
     Badd9       F# 
In a blink of an eye  
          D#m         C#add9 
She'll be out of your sight 
Badd9       F#    C#add9 
Something about a southern  
Badd9       F#    C#add9   F#   Badd9   F#   Badd9 
Something about a southern girl

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Chord set

E · Aadd9 · C#m · Badd9 · D · A · Bm7 · C#7 · F# · D#m · C#add9

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.