Written by Johnny Cash
verse 1 A I've been a thrill seeking rambler E And often came into this town But the thrills were too high for my little sky A E A So I dug in and I've settled down And I got a good job in Nashville E No way they can pay me enough A D E A For grindin' up tobacco leaves Making brut and snuffverse 2 D A I'm slowly chokin' in Tennessee E I shovel the snuff until late afternoon A D E A Then I crawl with the traffic and I choke on its fumes D A And fall on the face when I get to my roomD E A Southern comfort is killin' meverse 3 A I met a woman in Nashville E For a while we were carryin' on She'd washed snuff out of my shirts every night A E A And keep me with clean ones on But I guess she got tired of tobacco E At least of the regular kind A D Now I'm still workin' where nicotine E A And memories are burnin' in my mindD E A Southern comfort is killin' meverse 4 D A The Cumberland cannot enhermit each bee E I'm sniffin' and dippin' and livin' alone A D I smell funny smoke and I know where she's gone E A She's in some other county now proving her own D E A D E A Southern comfort is killin' me Southern comfort is killin' meD E A And Southern comfort is killin' me