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Your Southern Soul

Walkmen
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Cm barred on the 4th fret alternately picking A and the remaining four strings
 and low E and the same four below. Do four bars of this back and forth pattern,
 which is incidentally the sort of motion you should be doing whenever possible
 throughout the song.
Family  comes from Kentucky
And  there's bourbon in the blood
Head  up the country for  the city in 19-fifty-one
 open  open
 Me, I'm in between two worlds
 open  open
 Saw you on TV last night...
Life  looks easy on  the TV
Rewriting  the sun blue years
I'll  fill my evenings with images  of the hazy here-after
 open  open
 I don't even know your name
 open  open
 It's your southern heart I'm after
 open
 It's your southern heart I'm after
e---------3-3---]
B---------3-5---]
G---------4-5---] X 2
D-----4---5-5---]
A---5---5-5-x---]
E-5-------x-x---]
 Now repeat the above pattern (which I'll call D-G-C) over the following lyrics:
Tell  me again how you loved  all the men  you were after
Tell  me again of the end  in the hazy  hereafter
Tell  me again how you loved  all the men  you were after
Tell  me again how you loved  all the men  you were after
 END
 2 bars of  and finish on open D
 Enjoy!

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Readable chord sheet for Your Southern Soul by Walkmen

C
and low E and the same four below. Do four bars of this back and forth pattern,
which is incidentally the sort of motion you should be doing whenever possible
throughout the song.

[C#m]Family comes from [D]Kentucky

[D]And there's bourbon in the [C#m]blood

[C#m]Head up the country [D]for the city in 19-[G]fifty-[F#m]one

[G] open             [D] open
Me, I'm in between two worlds

[G] open        [D] open          [F#m]
Saw you on TV last night...

[C#m]Life looks easy [D]on the TV

[D]Rewriting the sun blue [C#m]years [no clue on these lyrics]

[C#m]I'll fill my evenings with [D]images of the hazy [G]here-[F#m]after

[G] open                 [D] open
I don't even know your name

[G] open                       [D] open
It's your southern heart I'm after

[Bm]                 [F#m]       [D] open
It's your southern heart I'm after

e---------3-3---]
B---------3-5---]
G---------4-5---] X 2
D-----4---5-5---]
A---5---5-5-x---]
E-5-------x-x---]

Now repeat the above pattern (which I'll call D-G-C) over the following lyrics:

[D]Tell me again how you [G]loved all the [C]men you were [D]af[G]te[C]r

[D]Tell me again of the [G]end in the [C]hazy here[D]af[G]te[C]r

[D]Tell me again how you [G]loved all the [C]men you were [D]af[G]te[C]r

[D]Tell me again how you [G]loved all the [C]men you were [D]af[G]te[C]r

END

2 bars of [Em] and finish on open D

Enjoy!

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