Chord/Tab song: Southern Star

Title: Southern Star
Artist: Alabama
Albums: Southern Star, For The Record: 41 Number One Hits
Written by: Roger Murrah, Steve Dean, Rich Alves
Transcribed by: Tim Rehagen
E-mail address: [email protected]

Key: Bb major

[Bb]Oh, southern star,[Ab] how I wish you [Eb]would shine[Bb]

And sho[Fm7]w me the way to g[Eb]et home[Bb]

[Bb]Well I'm blue-collar branded,[Ab] and stuck in a[Eb] mill[Bb]

Hard wo[Fm7]rk is a way o[Eb]f life for me[Bb]

[Bb]Well I'm too young to live like[Ab] I'm over the [Eb]hills[Bb]

And too[Fm7] old to be w[Eb]ild and free[Bb]

[F] [Bb]
My heart is onward bound......I'm rolling with the feeling and i can't slow
down

[F]....I need a guiding light......shining do[Bb]wn to lead me through the night

[Bb]Oh southern star,[Ab] how I wish you[Eb] would shine[Bb]

And sho[Fm7]w me the way to g[Eb]et home[Bb]

INSTRUMENTAL: Bb Ab Eb Bb Fm7 Eb Bb (repeat)

[Bb]Oh, hey my D.J. friend, w[Ab]ould you play me one m[Eb]ore song[Bb]

And let[Fm7] my mind just go and[Eb] drift away[Bb]

[Bb]Now we all have a dream....[Ab]and a place where w[Eb]e belong[Bb]

[Fm7]Somewhere we can go and es[Eb]cape[Bb]

My hear[F]t is onward bound....I'm rolling with [Bb]the feeling and i can't slow down

[F]....I need a guiding light.....shining d[Bb]own to lead me throught the night

[Bb]Oh, southern star,[Ab] how I wish you[Eb] would shine[Bb]

And sho[Fm7]w me the way to [Eb]get home[Bb]

REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL

[Bb]Oh, southern star,[Ab] how I wish you[Eb] would shine [Bb]

And sho[Fm7]w me the way to g[Eb]et home[Bb]

There ya go!
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Tim