Southern State Chords

         F
Well the songs you sung spiraled
    Am
And hung 'round like echoes 
  Gm                 C
Or ripples on a pond
 
       F
So you circled the globe
        Am
Spent a year on the road
      Gm           C
Without ever going home
 
            F
More than a couple of days, 
           Am
Then you’d leave right away
        Gm               C
Run to a girl you barely know
 
        F
But you like how she sings
        Am
And you can’t help but think
            Gm                  C
That there’s something that she knows and could teach you
 
Gm                              C
  While you’re sleeping in that southern state
Gm                               C
  Where the bars are filled with people you can’t hate
    Gm
But try as you try
    C
You still can’t relate to them 
        Gm                     C
And you drink that whiskey down
 
As they ask you,
 
 Dm               Bb       F
“Are you who you say you are?”
 Dm               Bb               F
Are you who you say that you are?
 Dm               Bb                F
Are you who you say that you are, you…
 F               F
Are you who you say that you are?
 Dm               Bb      F    Gm Bb
Are you who you say you are?
              C
The fact that you can’t tell makes us like you even more
 
F Am Gm C
              F
So now you’re trying again
        Am
Or just visiting friends
      Gm                   C
One had just had his heart broke
 
              F
For the first time in his life
       Am
He realized there are times
        Gm              C
When you can’t make it alone
 
               F
But now you’re giving advice
      Am
As if you had the right
   Gm               C
To use a word like “love”
 
         F
It’s a negotiable term
          Am
What gets said’s not what’s heard
        Gm                 C
So it’s different then for everyone
 
                Gm                  C
But you're still hanging ‘round that college town
        Gm                          C
With your…your new life your new lover you’ve found 
           Gm                      C
And you’re keeping her up at night, bringing her down
                 Gm                  C
She’ll watch you drink yourself to death
 
But won’t ask you,
 
  Dm       Bb               F
“is this really what you want?”
 Dm       Bb              F
Is this really what you want?
 Dm          Bb                   F
Is this really what you is this what...
  Dm           Bb
Is this really what you want?
Dm        Bb               F    Gm Bb
Is this really what you want?
             C                    
Are you just sticking with it now 
                            F, Am
because it’s all you’ve got?
             Gm                   
Are you just sticking with it now 
        C                   F, Am
because it’s all you’ve got?
                               Gm
Yeah that’s it, I think you’re sticking with me now 
        C
Because I’m all you’ve got
 
F, Am, Gm, C