Intro -x2-: G  D  G  D

            G           D  C            D                 G    D  C  D
Now I ain't sayin' them la ladies don't know what they're doin'
              G         D        C      D       G    D  C  D
And I been in love with New York City a time or two
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I had some Seattle coffee, some Chicago wind
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Some Kansas sweet fields I'd love to see again
        Am
But the fireflies play where the cattails grow
         C                         D
And them southern girls, they talk nice and slow with

Chorus:
G                   C
Kisses sweeter than Tupelo honey
G                     C      D
Little bit crazy like New Orleans
G                C
Memphis blue and Daytona sunny
G                      C       D 
Soft as cotton in some cut-off jeans
          G    D - C
Don't you know,
                     Em         C
Ain't nothing in the whole wide world, like a southern girl
G             D              C              D 
Southern girl rock my world, hazel eyes and golden curls
G          D             C             D
  Put on a country song,   gonna dance all night long

Verse:
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a southern girl's mama probably taught her how a lady should act
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But a southern girl's probably got a barn somewhere reared out back
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She'll get a little hay in her hair, her thighs in the mud
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She's been caught in the rain, and washed in the blood
      Am  
Likes jiggers in her coke, takes a little sip,
      C                    D
Comes over to me with them sunburned lips and them

Chorus:
G                   C
Kisses sweeter than Tupelo honey
G                     C      D
Little bit crazy like New Orleans
G                C
Memphis blue and Daytona sunny
G                      C       D 
Soft as cotton in some cut-off jeans
          G    D - C
Don't you know,
                     Em         C
Ain't nothing in the whole wide world, like a southern girl
G             D              C              D 
Southern girl rock my world, hazel eyes and golden curls
G          D             C             D
  Put on a country song,   gonna dance all night long

Interlude: Am   Em   Am   C


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If you've ever seen savannah heat up when the stars come out
                                                       C
Well then fellows come on, you know what I'm talkin' about

Chorus:
G                   C
Kisses sweeter than Tupelo honey
G                     C      D
Little bit crazy like New Orleans
G                C
Memphis blue and Daytona sunny
G                      C       D 
Soft as cotton in some cut-off jeans
          G    D - C
Don't you know,
                     Em         C
Ain't nothing in the whole wide world, like a southern girl
G             D             C  D 
Southern girl rock my world
G          D            C  D
  Put on a country song
G             D              C              D            G  D  C
Southern girl rock my world, hazel eyes and golden curls
          D
And dance all night long
G             D              C              D 
Southern girl rock my world, hazel eyes and golden curls
G          D             C             D
  Put on a country song,   we'll dance all night long
G             D              C              D 
Southern girl rock my world, hazel eyes and golden curls
G          D             C             D
  Put on a country song,   we'll dance all night long
G             D              C              D 
Southern girl rock my world, hazel eyes and golden curls
G          D             C -no chord-
  Put on a country song,   we'll dance all night long