Northern Redneck
Written & Recorded by Aaron Lewis
Album: Sinner (2016)
(Drop Eb tuning)
Intro.: |(D) / / / |(C) / (G/B) / |(D) |(C)(G/B)|(D) |(D)
We grow to-(D)bacco and we drive trucks
We kill (G)whitetails and greenhead ducks
And drive our (A)four wheelers down the main road
And (C)bust out the sleds when it's (G/B)cold
We got (D)back roads an' four-wheel-drives
We got (G)tailgates on a Friday night
And it's a (A)half hour from my front door
To a (C)Walmart or a grocery (G/B)store (A)
What (C)you all don't understand (G/B) (A)
It ain't (C)all about a southern man (G/B)
'Cause we got (D)outlaws, we got hicks
We got (G)honkytonks out in these sticks
We love our (A)whiskey and we love our homegrown
God (C)damn it's so good to be (G/B)home
We wear (D)Carhart, we don't wear suits
We wear (G)square toes and Chippewa boots
And we (A)all know where we come from
And we'll (C)be right here when it's (G/B)done (A)
What (C)you all don't understand (G/B)
It ain't (C)all about the southern man (G/B)
'Cause we got (D)family livin' out in these woods
We got (G)pride and a sense of what's good
And we (A)all got dirt on our hands
It's a (C)song for the workin' man (G/B)
Get up (D)early and we work third shift
Pay our (G)taxes and protect our kids
And we (A)all got dirt on our hands
'Cause there's (C)rednecks north of the (G/B)Mason-Dixon
(D) There's (C)rednecks north of the (G/B)Mason-Dixon
Solo: |(D) |(C)(G/B)|(D) |(D)
'Cause I'm from the (D)North son, you're from the South
Straight out the (G)trailer, fresh off the plow
You got your (A)Chevy parked next to my Ford
And the (C)colors flyin' high at your (G/B)door
I got a (D)shotgun, fill it with shells
You got a (G)Bible but I'll see you in hell
We ain't that (A)different son, you and me
Tryin' to (C)make it in the land of the (G/B)free (A)
What (C)y'all don't understand (G/B)
It ain't (C)all about a southern man (G)
'Cause we got (D)family livin' out in these woods
We got (G)pride and a sense of what's good
And we (A)all got dirt on our hands
It's a (C)song for the workin' man (G/B)
Get up (D)early and we work third shift
Pay our (G)taxes and protect our kids
And we (A)all got dirt on our hands
'Cause there's (C)rednecks north of the (G/B)Mason-Dixon
(D) I'm a (C)redneck north of the (G/B)Mason-Dixon
Outro.: |(D) |(C)(G/B)|(D) - - - - -
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