SONG: GOSPEL OF THE SOUTH
ARTIST: CHARLES WESLEY GODWIN
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Y5IqxrDVVwM?si=oIuD0FuQyUGX9Evr
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
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GOSPEL OF THE SOUTH
CHARLES WESLEY GODWIN
CAPO: 3rd FRET
Intro
[C] [Am7] [G] [F]
Verse
[C] [Am7]
I was going home, I was going to Memphis
[G] [F]
When I heard a preacher on the Pentecostal radio
[C] [Am7]
And he talked like fire and he talked like thunder
[G] [F]
And he talked to me like I'd lost my soul
[Am7] [G]
It's been years and it's been miles
[F]
I can feel it now
[G] [C] [Am7] [G] [F]
The gospel of the South
Verse
[C] [Am7]
I remember poor, in an old farmhouse
[G] [F]
With a rusted Ford out in the backyard
[C] [Am7]
And I asked my Grandpa, "How come it never rains?"
[G] [F]
"How come this ground is so dang hard?"
[Am7] [G]
He said, "Boy, it's the good Lord's will"
[F]
Then he wiped his brow
[G] [C] [C]
With the gospel of the South
Chorus
[C]
And it runs through me
[Am7]
Like the Mississippi
[G] [F]
And it turns me like a weathervane
[C] [Am7]
And it points me down that gravel road
[G] [F]
To a field of tilted stones that hold my family's name
[Am7] [G]
There's a song of sweet redemption
[F]
I can hear it now
[G] [C] [Am7] [G] [F]
The gospel of the South
Verse
[C] [Am7]
Well, the house is gone and I see a young boy
[G] [F]
In a shirt and tie, dressed up for revival
[C] [Am7]
In the back of my daddy's truck, full of empty beer cans
[G] [F]
And in my momma's hands, a beat-up Bible
[Am7] [G]
They laid me down in that muddy water
[F] [G]
I can taste it in my mouth
Chorus
[C]
It runs through me
[Am7]
Like the Mississippi
[G] [F]
And it turns me like a weathervane
[C] [Am7]
And it points me down that gravel road
[G] [F]
Where I left my sins in a shallow grave
[Am7] [G]
There's a song, sweet redemption
[F]
I can hear it now
[G] [C]
The gospel of the South
Instrumental
[C] [Am7] [G] [F]
[C] [Am7] [G] [F]
Chorus
[C]
It runs through me
[Am7]
Like the Mississippi
[G] [F]
And it turns me like a weathervane
[C] [Am7]
And it points me down that gravel road
[G] [F]
To a field of tilted stones that hold my family's name
[Am7] [G]
There's a song of sweet redemption
[F]
I can hear it now
[G] [C] [Am7] [G] [F]
The gospel of the South
[C] [Am7] [G] [F] [C]
It's the gospel of the South
