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]

Millworker hou

ses lined up i

n a row
        
Another southe

rn Sunday's mo

rning glow

Beneath the st

eeple all the 

people have be

gun
        
Shakin' hands 

with the man w

ho grips the g

ospel gun
           
While the quie

t prayer
             
The smell of d

inner on the g

round
             
Fills up the m

ornin' air
              
Ain't nothin' 

      
sweeter around
D (slow strum)
I can almost hear my momma pray

[Chorus 1]

Oh Lord forgiv

e us, when we 

doubt
        
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]
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I can almost hear the old folks say


You'll make it

 big one day a

nd leave this 

town
              
It's another l


azy Sunday, ba

ck around

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      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

Softly in the 

distance nothi

n' stirs about
         
And the night 

 
is filled
              
with the sound

       
 of a whippoor

 
will
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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