Rednecks Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 Jeff B.

Rednecks--Randy Newman

From--Good 'Ole Boys

Intro

  Em7 G(add A)/B Em7

Last night I saw Lester Maddox on a TV show

  Em7 G(add A)/B Em7

with some smart-ass New York Jew.

  Em7 G(add A)/B A7/C♯

And the Jew laughed at Lester Maddox

 and the C/Daudience laughed at Gsus4LesterD Maddox Gtoo.

  Em7 G(add A)/B Em7

Well, he may be a fool, but he's our fool.

  Em7 G(add A)/B A7/C♯

If they think they're better than him, they're wrong.

 So I Em7went to the Em7/Dpark and I took some Cpaper along A7/C♯

 and C/Dthat's where I Gsus4made tDhis sonGg.

Verse 1

GWe talk real D7funny down Ghere. D7

GWe drink too D7much and we Glaugh too D7loud.

 We're Gtoo dumb to D/F♯make it in no Em7Northern town,

 and we're A7keepin' the C/Dniggers Gdown. D7

 We got Gno-necked D7oilmen from GTexas, D7

Ggood ol' D7boys from TennesGsee, D7

G college D/F♯men from Em7L.S.U.

G Went in D/F♯dumb, come Em7out dumb too.

GHustlin' 'round AtD/F♯lanta in their Em7alligator shoes.

 Gettin' Gdrunk ev'ry D/F♯weekend at the Em7barbuques,

 and they're A7keepin' the C/Dniggers Gdown.

Chorus

 We're GRedCnecks, we're GRedCnecks,

 and we Gdon't know our D7ass from a Em7hole in the C7ground.

 We're GRedD7necks, we're GRedD7necks,

 and we're are A7keeping the C/Dniggers Gdown.

(last time only--slowly)

E7 We are A7keepin' the C/Dniggers Gdown.

Verse 2

Now your Northern nigger's a Negro

You see he's got his dignity

Down here we're too ignorant to realize

That the North has set the nigger free.

Yes, he's free to be put in a cage in Harlem in New York City

And he's free to be put in a cage on the South side of Chicago and

the West side

And he's free to be put in a cage in Hough in Cleveland

And he's free to be put in a cage in East St. Louis

And he's free to be put in a cage in Fillmore in San Francisco

And he's free to be put in a cage in Roxbury in Boston.

They're gatherin' 'em up from miles around,

Keepin' the niggers down.

(CHORUS)