C G Am F
Woo
Woo

[Verse]
C                 G
Blackbird on the old church steeple
Am                    F
Spanish moss hangin' in the settin' sun
C                            G
Every house house has got a Bible and a loaded gun
Am                    F
We got preachers and politicians
C                       G                      Am
'Round here it's kinda hard to tell which one
                    F
Is gonna do more talkin' with a crooked tongue

[Pre-Chorus]
Am                   F
This town's got the good lord shakin' his head
Am                    F                         Am
Lookin' down thinkin' we ain't heard a word he said
            F
A word he said

[Chorus]
C             G
Baptized in Southern Gothic
Am                F
In the garden of good and evil
C                 G
Devil right here, who would've thought it?
Am                F
In a town full of God-fearin' people
C                   G
Dogs and deadbolts guard the night
Am                      F
Nothin' left to do but kneel and pray
C                   G
We got a church on every corner
   Am                F
So why does heaven feel so far away?
Am             F
Far away (ooh)

[Verse]
C                         G
Must be somethin' in the muddy water
Am                 F
Turns the whisky 'bout as sweet as sin
C               G
Every drunk in town can sing a brown bag hymn
Am           F
Good fences make good neighbors
C                   G
But good neighbors make good lovers too
Am                       F
And when your man ain't home any man will do

[Pre-Corus]
Am                    F
This town's got the good lord shakin' his head
Am                    F                         Am
Lookin' down thinkin' we ain't heard a word he said
            F
A word he said

[Chorus]
C             G
Baptized in Southern Gothic
Am                F
In the garden of good and evil
C                 G
Devil right here, who would've thought it?
Am                F
In a town full of God-fearin' people
C                   G
Dogs and deadbolts guard the night
Am                      F
Nothin' left to do but kneel and pray
C                   G
We got a church on every corner
   Am                F
So why does heaven feel so far away?
Am             F
Far away (ooh)

[Bridge]
C                    G
High on homegrown, smokin' that brimstone
Am                   F
Mama ain't stoppin', poppin' that cotton
Am                    G                             Am F
No happy ever after, waitin' on the rapture now

[Chorus]
C             G
Baptized in Southern Gothic
Am                F
In the garden of good and evil
C                 G
Devil right here, who would've thought it?
Am                F
In a town full of God-fearin' people
C                   G
Dogs and deadbolts guard the night
Am                      F
Nothin' left to do but kneel and pray
C                   G
We got a church on every corner
   Am                F
So why does heaven feel so far away?
Am             F
Far away (ooh)

[Outro]
C    G    Am      F
        Southern Gothic
C    G    Am      F
        Southern Gothic
C    G    Am      F
        Southern Gothic