Good Ole Boys

1. When [D]I was a ki[A]d Uncle Re[G]mus he     [D]put me to      [G]bed            [A]
2. Well nothing makes a sound in the   night like the wind does
3. When I was in school I ran with the kid down the   street

1. with a [D]picture of Stonewall       [G]Jackson       [D]above my    [G]bed    [A]
2. But    you ain't afraid if you're washed in the blood like  I was
3. and I  watched him burn        himself up on    Bourbon and Speed

1. Then      [B]Daddy came in to kiss his      [A]little man
2. The       smell of Cape Jasmine thru the window screen
3. but I was smarter than most and          I could choose

1. with [B]gin on his breath and the Bible [A]in his hand
2. with John R. and the wolfman kept me company
3. learned to talk like the man on the  six o'clock news

1[G]. and he talked about honor and [A]things I should know
2. by the light of the radio     by  my bed
3. when I was eighteen, Lord     I hit the road

1. Then [G]he staggered a little when he [A7]went out the door
2. with Thomas Wolfe whispering       in my head
3. but  it doesn't seem to matter how far I go

R: And I[D] still hear the soft southern [G]wind in the [A]live oak [G]trees  [E]     [A7]

   those [D]Williams boys they [G]still mean a [A]lot to [G]me, Hank and [E]Tennessee  [A7]

   I g[G]uess we're all gonna [A]be what we're gonna [B]be       [G]

   So what do you do with [A]good ole boys like [D]me