Sunday In The South Cifras

Sunday in the South
Recorded by Shenandoah
CD: The Road Not Taken
Written by Jay Booker
Transcribed by Keith Reding
 
For each G (320033) in the verse, hammer on the A note (300233)
For each C2 (X32033) in the verse, hammer on the A note (X30233)
 
[Verse 1]
G
Millworker houses lined up in a row
        C2
Another southern Sunday's morning glow
G
Beneath the steeple all the people have begun
        C2
Shakin' hands with the man who grips the gospel gun
           C
While the quiet prayer
             D
The smell of dinner on the ground
             C
Fills up the mornin' air
              Em      D
Ain't nothin' sweeter around
D (slow strum)
I can almost hear my momma pray
 
[Chorus 1]
G
Oh Lord forgive us, when we doubt
        C2
Another sacred Sunday in the South
 
[Verse 2]
Continue with same chords as Verse 1
 
A ragged rebel flag flies high above it all
 
poppin' in the wind like an angry cannon ball
 
Now the coals of history are cold and still
 
but they still smell the powder burning and they probably always will
 
And on the old town square under the barber shop pole
 
They set me up in the chair
 
when I was 4-years old
 
I can almost hear my papa say
 
[Chorus 2]
 
Won't you hold still son, stop squirmin' around
 
Another southern Sunday's comin' 'round
 
[Break]
C2   | D   |  C2   |   Em  D
 
I can almost hear the old folks say
 
G
You'll make it big one day and leave this town
              C2
It's another lazy Sunday, back around
 
G    |  G   |  C2   |  C2
 
      G strum and hold
I can feel the evenin' sun go down
            C2 strum and hold
And all the lights in the houses one by one go out
G
Softly in the distance nothin' stirs about
        C2 strum once
And the night is filled
                    C2 strum once
with the sound of a whippoorwill
C2 slow strum
On a Sunday in the south, alright
 
Repeat intro until end
 
Just another Sunday (just another Sunday in the south)
 
Oh, another sacred Sunday in the south
 
Just another Sunday (how I miss those old sweet Sundays in the south)
 
Another sacred Sunday (I can hear my momma callin' in the south, alright)
 
Just another Sunday (ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
 
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Riff used when moving from C2 to G
 
   C2    C2    CaddG           G
   +     +     +       +       +     +     +       +
e|-3-----3-------------------|-3-------------------------|
B|-3-----3-------------------|-3-------------------------|
G|-0-----0---------0h2-0-----|-0-------------------------|
D|-2-----2-----0h2------ 2p0-|-0-------------------------|
A|-3-----3-------------------|-3-------------------------|
E|-x-----x-------------------|-3-------------------------|
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