[G]INTR[D]O[Am][G][D][Am]
[G]Times were rough when [D]times were lean,
[C]Most of the time nobody seemed t[G]o care.[D][Am][C]
[G]No more peace in a [D]southern breeze,
[C]Whistlin' through the willow trees
And I [G]see you[D] standin' [Am]there[G/B].
[C]And I reach [G/B]out to touch your [Am]face,[G/B]
[C]But the cold hard [G/B]facts of life [Am]put me in my [D]place.
[C]Southern [D]rain, [G]fallin' down on [G7]me.
[C]Think I'm back to [D]yesterday and the [G]way things used to [G7]be.
[C]Sweet Home on the [D]radio, why [G]do things [F#m]have to [Em]change?
[C]Oh Lord, what I [D]would not give to [C]feel that [D]southern [G]rain.
G D Am C (x2)
INSTRUMENTAL
[G]Watermelon growin' [D]on the vine, [C]the sweet taste of homemade wine,
And the [G]soft touch[D] of your finger[Am]tips.[C]
[G]Layin' down by the [D]riverside,
[C]Do you recall how we used to hide,
So [G]I could[D] taste your[Am] lips?[G/B]
[C]Though the winds of [G/B]change took me from [Am]home,[G/B]
[C]So many years just [G/B]pass me by, and [Am]now I'm all a[D]lone.
[C]Southern [D]rain, [G]fallin' down on [G7]me.
[C]Think I'm back to [D]yesterday and the [G]way things used to [G7]be.
[C]Sweet Home on the [D]radio, why [G]do things [F#m]have to [Em]change?
[C]Oh Lord, what I [D]would not give to [C]feel that [D]southern [G]rain.[G7]
[F]You said that [C]we could last for[G]ever,[F][G]
[F]But I had my [C]wild oats yet to [G]sow.[F][G]
[F]For every [C]storm and each en[Em]deavour,
[C]The past and the [G/B]love we found just [Am]will not let me [D]go.
[C]Southern [D]rain, [G]fallin' down on [G7]me.
[C]Think I'm back to [D]yesterday and the [G]way things used to [G7]be.
[C]Sweet Home on the [D]radio, why [G]do things [F#m]have to [Em]change?
[C]Oh Lord, what I [D]would not give to [C]feel that [D]southern [Em]rain[G].
[C]Oh Lord, what I [D]would not give to [C]feel that [D]southern, southern [G]rain.
[D] [Am] [C]Oh to feel that southern [G]rain[D]. (r[Am]epea[C]t t[G]o finish)
[G]Times were rough when [D]times were lean,
[C]Most of the time nobody seemed t[G]o care.[D][Am][C]
[G]No more peace in a [D]southern breeze,
[C]Whistlin' through the willow trees
And I [G]see you[D] standin' [Am]there[G/B].
[C]And I reach [G/B]out to touch your [Am]face,[G/B]
[C]But the cold hard [G/B]facts of life [Am]put me in my [D]place.
[C]Southern [D]rain, [G]fallin' down on [G7]me.
[C]Think I'm back to [D]yesterday and the [G]way things used to [G7]be.
[C]Sweet Home on the [D]radio, why [G]do things [F#m]have to [Em]change?
[C]Oh Lord, what I [D]would not give to [C]feel that [D]southern [G]rain.
G D Am C (x2)
INSTRUMENTAL
[G]Watermelon growin' [D]on the vine, [C]the sweet taste of homemade wine,
And the [G]soft touch[D] of your finger[Am]tips.[C]
[G]Layin' down by the [D]riverside,
[C]Do you recall how we used to hide,
So [G]I could[D] taste your[Am] lips?[G/B]
[C]Though the winds of [G/B]change took me from [Am]home,[G/B]
[C]So many years just [G/B]pass me by, and [Am]now I'm all a[D]lone.
[C]Southern [D]rain, [G]fallin' down on [G7]me.
[C]Think I'm back to [D]yesterday and the [G]way things used to [G7]be.
[C]Sweet Home on the [D]radio, why [G]do things [F#m]have to [Em]change?
[C]Oh Lord, what I [D]would not give to [C]feel that [D]southern [G]rain.[G7]
[F]You said that [C]we could last for[G]ever,[F][G]
[F]But I had my [C]wild oats yet to [G]sow.[F][G]
[F]For every [C]storm and each en[Em]deavour,
[C]The past and the [G/B]love we found just [Am]will not let me [D]go.
[C]Southern [D]rain, [G]fallin' down on [G7]me.
[C]Think I'm back to [D]yesterday and the [G]way things used to [G7]be.
[C]Sweet Home on the [D]radio, why [G]do things [F#m]have to [Em]change?
[C]Oh Lord, what I [D]would not give to [C]feel that [D]southern [Em]rain[G].
[C]Oh Lord, what I [D]would not give to [C]feel that [D]southern, southern [G]rain.
[D] [Am] [C]Oh to feel that southern [G]rain[D]. (r[Am]epea[C]t t[G]o finish)
