Heading South Chords

by Zach Bryan
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C#m
Capo: 4th fret
Author kent.mccann [a] 72.
6 contributors total, last edit on Mar 20, 2024
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Chords

Am
F
C
G

Strumming

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EDITED: Initially I based the tab off of a youtube version.
Fixed errors and updated it to match the studio version.
 
 
[Intro]
Am  F  C  G  x2
 
 
[Verse 1]
      Am                           F
Was a boy who was a dreamer and he flew so high and proud
     C                           G
In a world full of people out to cut his young ass down
       Am                F
No one ever understood a single word he said
     C                              G
They cast him to the wolves when he wasn't well and fed
 
 
[Interlude]
Am  F  C  G
 
 
[Verse 2]
Am                         F
Boys, we've got a riser, a riser in our midst
    C                                      G
And he will get the last laugh if it's the last thing he did
       Am                          F
And he used to roll around in that red dirt mud
    C                               G
But now he's skipping town and that riser's out for blood
 
 
[Chorus]
           Am           F
Don't stop going, going south
               C                       G
'Cause they'll let you play your music real damn loud
           Am               F
Don't stop heading, heading south
          C                             G
They will understand the words that are pouring from your mouth
 
 
[Interlude]
Am  F  C  G
 
 
[Verse 3]
         Am                          F
And that boy he called his daddy to tell him what he did
       C                             G
As the masses scream the lyrics of a messed up kid
    Am                               F
And then he told that old man he was never coming back
      C                   G
To be cut down again in a town like that
 
 
[Verse 4]
       Am                           F
And he surely came to learn: people come to watch you fall
     C                        G
He's out to make a name and a fool out of 'em all
            Am                    F
And they'll never understand that boy and his kind
       C                        G
'Cause all they comprehend is a fuckin' dollar sign
 
 
[Chorus]
           Am           F
Don't stop going, going south
               C                       G
'Cause they'll let you play your music real damn loud
           Am               F
Don't stop heading, heading south
                 C                             G
'Cause they will understand the words that are pouring from your mouth
 
           Am           F
Don't stop going, going south
          C                             G
They will understand the words that are pouring from your mouth
           Am           F
Don't stop going, going south
              C                         G
Cause they'll let you scream your music real damn loud
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33 comments
julianwhite02
Capo is on fourth fret everything else is accurate and hammer on 2nd finger when playing the C and G in the intro and chorus
+23
jbotello690
So simple and easy, yet full of emotion.
+19
djohnbristle1
The Am is right but the F is supposed to be played at “Flew so high and proud” where the C is right now. With C being over “In a world” and the G over “Cut his young ass down”
+7