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This was requested from an individual so I though i would also post it to
nevada. This is basically a piano song (most Newman songs are), but I think
the chords are pretty close. I apologize for any mistakes, but this is my
first posting of music. I hope to do many more.
Jeff B.
Rednecks--Randy Newman
Intro:
Last night I [Em7]saw Lester [G(add]Maddox[A)/B] on a [Em7]TV show
with some [Em7]smart-ass [G(add]New [A)/B]York [Em7]Jew.
And the [Em7]Jew laughed at [G(add]Lester[A)/B] Maddox[A7/C#]
and the [C/D]audience laughed at [Gsus4/D]Lester Maddox [G]too.
Well, he [Em7]may be a [G(add]fool, [A)/B]but he's [Em7]our fool.
If they [Em7]think they're better than [G(add]him, t[A)/B]hey're [A7/C#]wrong.
So I [Em7]went to the [Em7/D]park and I took some [C]paper along[A7/C#]
and [C/D]that's where I [Gsus4/D]made this son[G]g.
Verse 1:
[G]We talk real [D7]funny down [G]here.[D7]
[G]We drink too [D7]much and we [G]laugh too [D7]loud.
We're [G]too dumb to [D/F#]make it in no [Em7]Northern town,
and we're [A7]keepin' the [C/D]niggers [G]down.[D7]
We got [G]no-necked [D7]oilmen from [G]Texas,[D7]
[G]good ol' [D7]boys from Tennes[G]see,[D7]
[G] college [D/F#]men from [Em7]L.S.U.
[G] Went in [D/F#]dumb, come [Em7]out dumb too.
[G]Hustlin' 'round At[D/F#]lanta in their [Em7]alligator shoes.
Gettin' [G]drunk ev'ry [D/F#]weekend at the [Em7]barbuques,
and they're [A7]keepin' the [C/D]niggers [G]down.
CHORUS:
We're [G]Red[C]necks, we're [G]Red[C]necks,
and we [G]don't know our [D7]ass from a [Em7]hole in the [C7]ground.
We're [G]Red[D7]necks, we're [G]Red[D7]necks,
and we're are [A7]keeping the [C/D]niggers [G]down.
(last time only--slowly)
[E7] We are [A7]keepin' the [C/D]niggers [G]down.
Verse 2:
Now your Northern nigger's a Negro
You see he's got his dignity
Down here we're too ignorant to realize
That the North has set the nigger free.
Yes, he's free to be put in a cage in Harlem in New York City
And he's free to be put in a cage on the South side of Chicago and
the West side
And he's free to be put in a cage in Hough in Cleveland
And he's free to be put in a cage in East St. Louis
And he's free to be put in a cage in Fillmore in San Francisco
And he's free to be put in a cage in Roxbury in Boston.
They're gatherin' 'em up from miles around,
Keepin' the niggers down.
(CHORUS)
This was requested from an individual so I though i would also post it to
nevada. This is basically a piano song (most Newman songs are), but I think
the chords are pretty close. I apologize for any mistakes, but this is my
first posting of music. I hope to do many more.
Jeff B.
Rednecks--Randy Newman
Intro:
Last night I [Em7]saw Lester [G(add]Maddox[A)/B] on a [Em7]TV show
with some [Em7]smart-ass [G(add]New [A)/B]York [Em7]Jew.
And the [Em7]Jew laughed at [G(add]Lester[A)/B] Maddox[A7/C#]
and the [C/D]audience laughed at [Gsus4/D]Lester Maddox [G]too.
Well, he [Em7]may be a [G(add]fool, [A)/B]but he's [Em7]our fool.
If they [Em7]think they're better than [G(add]him, t[A)/B]hey're [A7/C#]wrong.
So I [Em7]went to the [Em7/D]park and I took some [C]paper along[A7/C#]
and [C/D]that's where I [Gsus4/D]made this son[G]g.
Verse 1:
[G]We talk real [D7]funny down [G]here.[D7]
[G]We drink too [D7]much and we [G]laugh too [D7]loud.
We're [G]too dumb to [D/F#]make it in no [Em7]Northern town,
and we're [A7]keepin' the [C/D]niggers [G]down.[D7]
We got [G]no-necked [D7]oilmen from [G]Texas,[D7]
[G]good ol' [D7]boys from Tennes[G]see,[D7]
[G] college [D/F#]men from [Em7]L.S.U.
[G] Went in [D/F#]dumb, come [Em7]out dumb too.
[G]Hustlin' 'round At[D/F#]lanta in their [Em7]alligator shoes.
Gettin' [G]drunk ev'ry [D/F#]weekend at the [Em7]barbuques,
and they're [A7]keepin' the [C/D]niggers [G]down.
CHORUS:
We're [G]Red[C]necks, we're [G]Red[C]necks,
and we [G]don't know our [D7]ass from a [Em7]hole in the [C7]ground.
We're [G]Red[D7]necks, we're [G]Red[D7]necks,
and we're are [A7]keeping the [C/D]niggers [G]down.
(last time only--slowly)
[E7] We are [A7]keepin' the [C/D]niggers [G]down.
Verse 2:
Now your Northern nigger's a Negro
You see he's got his dignity
Down here we're too ignorant to realize
That the North has set the nigger free.
Yes, he's free to be put in a cage in Harlem in New York City
And he's free to be put in a cage on the South side of Chicago and
the West side
And he's free to be put in a cage in Hough in Cleveland
And he's free to be put in a cage in East St. Louis
And he's free to be put in a cage in Fillmore in San Francisco
And he's free to be put in a cage in Roxbury in Boston.
They're gatherin' 'em up from miles around,
Keepin' the niggers down.
(CHORUS)
