How to Play Southern Style on Guitar?

Darius Rucker - Southern Style can be played in the key of D using the D, G, Bm, A chords. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G. For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Southern Style with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Darius Rucker - Southern Style Chords

Chord reference D, G, Bm, A

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[D] [G] [D] [D] [G] [D] [G] Sun kissed [D]hair and not much makeup, [G]high-heeled boots that [D]lace up [G]Two first names that [D]came from her [Bm]grandmas on both [A]sides She ain’t [D]ever read much Faulkner, but she [G]could’ve been his [D]daughter She grew [Bm]up on muddy [A]water, southern [D]style

Southern [D]style, free and easy, southern [Bm]style, warm and breezy If you [G]met her, man, [D]believe me, you’d want [A]her to stay a while She says, she [D]don’t believe in strangers, only [Bm]sinners with a savior ‘Cause her [G]mom and daddy [A]raised her southern [D]style [G]

She’s a [D]Friday night light lover, a Billy [G]Graham fan like her [D]mother She wants her [G]daddy and both [D]brothers to [Bm]walk her down the [A]aisle She likes [D]oysters raw for dinner, Lil [G]Wayne and Lynyrd [D]Skynyrd Keeps her [Bm]tan lines in the [A]winter, southern [D]style

[G] [G] [A] [Bm] [A] Southern [D]style, free and easy, southern [Bm]style, warm and breezy If you [G]met her, man, [D]be-live me, you’d want [A]her to stay a while She says, she [D]don’t believe in strangers, only [Bm]sinners with a savior ‘Cause her [G]mom and daddy [A]raised her southern [D]style

You can [D]love her, you can hate her, but you’re [Bm]never going to change her If you [G]want her, then you’ll [A]take her, — southern [D]style

Southern [D]style, [G]southern [D]style, [G]yeah, southern [D]style [G] [D]Southern style [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D]

Artist Darius Rucker

Album Southern Style

Genres Country

Year 2015

Key D

Darius Rucker - Southern Style can be played in the key of D using the D, G, Bm, A chords.

For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G.
For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Southern Style with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.