F A# F Grandpa I've been thinking bout you lately A# C7 Wondering if you'd found your peace of mind F A# F I bet you'd be proud to know your grandsons A# C7 Never crossed that Mason Dixon line A# C7 F And I still sing the old songs that you taught me A# C7 F And I still pray to Jesus now and then A# C7 F And just like you I wish that He would save me A# C7 To see the day the south will rise again F A# F Daddy wore his Purple Heart so proudly A# C7 Long before he turned into a man F A# F Buried with our flag across his casket A# C7 I was still too young to understand A# C7 F And I still sing the old songs that you taught me A# C7 F And I still pray to Jesus now and then A# C7 F And just like you I wish that He would save me A# C7 To see the day the south will rise again F A# F Mama spent her last years in the garden A# C7 While brother took his turn behind the gun F A# F Lord I'd give my life to find the freedom A# C7 Lost within the old songs that you sung A# C7 F And I still sing the old songs that you taught me A# C7 F And I still pray to Jesus now and then A# C7 F And just like you I wish that He would save me A# C7 To see the day the south will rise again
