Southern Accents
SONG INFO
Southern Accents
- Thieves Lead Vocals: Brandon Pfeiffer
- Release Date: Tuesday, March 26, 1985 (41 years ago)
- Original Key: G major
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Trivia:
- featured as the B-Side to the single “Rebels”
- Performers: Tom Petty
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Writers:
- Tom Petty
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Producers:
- Robbie Robertson
- Tom Petty
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Record Label:
- MCA Records
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Recording Studio:
- Sound City Studios
ALBUM INFO
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LYRICS
There’s a southern accent, where I come from
The young ‘uns call it country
The Yankees call it dumb
I got my own way of talkin’
But everything is done, with a southern accent
Where I come from
Now that drunk tank in Atlanta’s
Just a motel room to me
Think I might go work Orlando
If them orange groves don’t freeze
I got my own way of workin’
But everything is run, with a southern accent
Where I come from
For just a minute there I was dreaming
For just a minute it was all so real
For just a minute she was standing there, with me
There’s a dream I keep having
Where my mama comes to me
And kneels down over by the window
And says a prayer for me
I got my own way of prayin’
But everyone’s begun
With a southern accent
Where I come from
I got my own way of livin’
But everything gets done
With a southern accent
Where I come from
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Tom Petty
Southern Accents lyrics © DistroKid, Gone Gator Music, Universal Music Publishing Group
CHORDS
G ~ Em D G Em - D G
1. There's a southern accent where I………I come from,
Em - D G C D
the young 'uns call it country, the yankees call it dumb.
Em D G C D
I got my own way of talking, but everything is done
Em D C - G
with a southern accent where I come from.
Em - D G Em D G
2. Now that drunk tank in Atlanta was just a motel room to me,
Em D G C D
I think I might go work Orlando, if them orange groves don't freeze.
Em D G C D
I’ve got my own way of working, but everything is run
Em D C - G
with a southern accent where I come from.
C - Bm
For just a minute there I was dreaming,
C Bm
for just a minute it was all so real,
A D G C - G
for just a minute she was standing there with me.
Em - D G Em - D G
3. There's a dream that I keep having, where my mama comes to me,
Em - D G C D
and she kneels down over by the window, and says a prayer for me.
Em D G C D
I got my own way of praying, and everyone's begun
Em D C - G
with a southern accent where I come from.
4. + instrumental = verse 3, first two lines
Em D G C D
We have our own way of living, and everything is done
Em D C - G ~
with a southern accent where I come from.