C
Hot afternoon sometime in June

                           F
Sitting on the front porch waiting on the moon

                            C                     G7
Talking to my neighbor next door ain’t never ever very much fun

C                                                      F
Go get my car and my guitar ride through town with the top down

                          C                            G7
Maybe I could buy me some beer run out and look at the farms


                     F      G7                   C
And they call it the south  it’s the land of the free

            G7                              C
It lost the only war it ever fought in history

               F      G7                   C
But I love the south  it’s the land of the free

                 F                   G7
It’s the land of hush your mouth and Joe South

                   C
And that’s home to me


                                            F
She was born in ’52 she finished in a Mississippi school

                        C                    G7
And something about her smile that turns you on

      C
She’s different like another world

                             F
And you can tell she’s not a New York girl

                        C                   G7
And something about her kiss that takes you home


                        F      G7            C
But she was born in the south  Memphis Tennessee

        G7                                C
She was rich in looks from a poor Memphis family

                         F      G7                   C
But she will stay in the south  it’s the land of the free

                 F                   G7
It’s the land of hush your mouth and Joe South

                   C
And that’s home to me


                                                   F
California I love you your hills are high and your oceans blue

                     C                          G7
In A  there’s always something to do and you’re never alone

    C                                               F
But I like fall and I like spring I love snow and I love rain

                            C               G7
And there’s something about A  I can’t call home


                         F      G7                   C
I guess I’ll stay in the south  it’s the land of the free

            G7                              C
It lost the only war it ever fought in history

               F      G7                   C
But I love the south  it’s the land of the free

                 F               G7
It’s the land of hush your mouth Joe South

                   C
And that’s home to me


                     F      G7                   C
And they call it the south  it’s the land of the free

            G7                              C
It lost the only war it ever fought in history