SOUTHLAND IN THE SPRINGTIME (Emily Saliers) ------------------------------------------- (Actually in A, so capo at the 2nd fret.) (Each chord is one measure, except chords joined by hyphens are one measure _total_.) G F/GD(9) (intro) G F/G C(9) D Maybe we'll make Texas by the morning G F/G C(9D Light the bayou with our taillights in the night Em C G - GsGs Eight hundred miles to El Paso from the state line F(9) C Am7 D7 And we never have the money for the flight VERSE 2: G F/G C(9)D I'm in the back seat sleepy from the travel G F/G CD9) Played our hearts out all night long in New Orleans Em C G - Gs C/G I'm dirty from the diesel fuel, drinking coffee black G Am7 D7sD7 When the first breath of Texas comes in clean CHORUS: G G C C And there's something about the southland in the springtime G B7 Em C Where the waters flow with confidence and reason G Gsus/A G/B Gsus/C Though I miss her when I'm gone, it won't ever be too long Am7 G/B C D Till I'm home again to spend my favorite season Am7 G/B C D When god made me born a yankee he was teasing Em7 G/B C D There's no place like home and none more pleasing than the southland G Gsus in the springtime In Georgia, nights are softer than a whisper Beneath a quilt somebody's mother made by hand With the farmland like a tapestry passed down through generations And the peach trees stitched across the land There'll be cider up near Helen off the roadside And warm peanuts in a bag to warm your fingers And the smoke from the chimneys meets its maker in the sky With a song that winter wrote whose melody lingers (Repeat chorus, end on last G.) INTRO TAB: GFCD)/G E ----------------|----------------|----------------|------0=2---2-3-| B ----------0-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|--3-------3-----| G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|----------------|----2-----------| D ----0-------0---|----3-------3---|----0=2-----0=2-|0---------------| A ----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------| E 3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---| GFCD)/G E ----------------|----------------|----------------|------0=2-------| B ----------0-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|--3-------------| G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|----------------|----2-----------| D ----0-------0---|----3-------3---|----0=2-----0=2-|0---------------| A ----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------| E 3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---| - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com