Tom: E E A Well, just beyond Virginias southern border E B Is a land that I am happy to call mine E A And I was raised in a house of brick and mortar B E In the red clay hills of central Caroline E A Now the corn crop there is hardly worth a mention E B And the cattle farms are fine but not the best E A Its this little leaf we borrowed from the indians B E That keeps our state a notch above the rest [CHORUS] A E The Georgia peach is fair, Kentucky beyond compare A B Alabamas grand, The state not the band E A Now the south she has her diamonds, And every one is great E B E But North Carolina is a cigarette state. [VERSE II] E A Now the folks in our hometown sure had the habit E B They smoked the best home grown the whole year round E A They knew what a good time was and how to have it B E Because that was a cigarette town E A Our neighbour Frank was no high bred man of letters E B But he made an honest living off the land E A And he put away three packs a day or better B E Because he was a cigarette man [CHORUS] A E The Georgia peach is fair, Kentucky beyond compare A B Alabamas grand, The state not the band E A Now the south she has her diamonds, And every one is great B B E But North Carolina is a cigarette state. [CHORUS G O] A E A B E A B E [VERSE III] E A I took up with a pretty thing from Nashville E B Loved her more than even I told her so E A She took it between her fingers nice and natural B E And sucked it to the filter like a pro E A So I gave her a ring and from her pa I swiped her E B She gave me a boy I'm happy to call mine E A Chain smokes cools and I go out for diapers B E In a red brick house in central Caroline [CHORUS] A E The Georgia peach is fair, Kentucky beyond compare A B Alabamas grand, The state not the band E A Now the south she has her diamonds, And every one is great B B E But North Carolina is a cigarette state. [OUTRO] E B E And North Carolina is a cigarette state