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South Of Cincinnati Tab

by Dwight Yoakam





SOUTH OF CINCINNATI / Dwight Yoakam

 CG

Chorus:

                            
If you ever get south of Cincinnati
                              
down where the dogwood trees grow
                                
If you ever get south of the Mason Dixon
                              
to the home you left so long ago
                               
If you ever get south of the Ohio River
                       
down where Dixieland begins
                            
If you ever get south of Cincinnati
                  
I?ll be yours again.


                                           
She pulled the letter from the pages of her Bible
                                     
And a rose pressed inside the Book of Luke
                                                   
For fourteen years she?d write each day but keep it hidden
                                              
Refused to even speak his name, but still she wrote:


Chorus:
If you ever.....

[INSTRUMENTAL, SAME AS CHORUS]

                              
At a cold gray apartment in Chicago
                                    
A cigarette drowns inside a glass of gin
                                                  
He lies there drunk but it don?t matter drunk or sober
                                                   
He?ll never read the words that pride won?t let her send

Chorus:
If you ever.....

                  
Then I?ll be yours again

[INSTRUMENTAL, SAME AS CHORUS (FADING)]