G C G Grandpa I've been thinking bout you lately C D7 Wondering if you'd found your peace of mind G C G I bet you'd be proud to know your grandsons C D7 Never crossed that Mason Dixon line C D7 G And I still sing the old songs that you taught me C D7 G And I still pray to Jesus now and then C D7 G And just like you I wish that He would save me C D7 To see the day the south will rise again G C G Daddy wore his Purple Heart so proudly C D7 Long before he turned into a man G C G Buried with our flag across his casket C D7 I was still too young to understand C D7 G And I still sing the old songs that you taught me C D7 G And I still pray to Jesus now and then C D7 G And just like you I wish that He would save me C D7 To see the day the south will rise again G C G Mama spent her last years in the garden C D7 While brother took his turn behind the gun G C G Lord I'd give my life to find the freedom C D7 Lost within the old songs that you sung C D7 G And I still sing the old songs that you taught me C D7 G And I still pray to Jesus now and then C D7 G And just like you I wish that He would save me C D7 To see the day the south will rise again
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