I Sang Dixie chords by Dwight Yoakam (Official Version)
Intro 1
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Chorus 1
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I sang Dixie as he died
The people just walked on by as I cried
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The bottle had robbed him
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of all his rebel pride
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I sang Dixie as he died
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Verse 1
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He said way down
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C#m
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yonder in the land of cotton
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Old times there ain't
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near as rotten as they are
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On this damned old L.A. street
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He drew a dying breath
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Laid his head against my chest
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Please Lord take his soul back home to Dixie
Chorus 2
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I sang Dixie as he died
The people just walked on by as I cried
E7
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The bottle had robbed him
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of all his rebel pride
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I sang Dixie as he died
Interlude 1
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E7
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Verse 2
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He said listen to me son while you still can
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Run back home to that Southern land
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Don't you see what life here has done to me
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Then he closed those old blue eyes
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And fell limp against my side
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No more pain,
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now he's safe back home in Dixie
Outro 1
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I sang Dixie as he died
The people just walked on by as I cried
E7
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The bottle had robbed him
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of all his rebel pride
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E
I sang Dixie as he died
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I sang Dixie as he died
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