Key: C major
Verse 1
A
C#m
F#m
C#m
F#
Bm
You coax the blues right out of the horn,
D
Bm
E
man
Bm
D
Bm
E
You charm the husk right off of the corn,
A
E
man
F#m
E
C#
F#m
You've got the band just strummin' and
C#m
F#
plonkin' out a tune to beat the band.
Bm
E
The whole plantation's hummin'
A
Bm
since you brought Dixie back to Dixieland.
E
C#m
A
You make the cotton
C#m
F#
Bm
E
easy to pick, man
Bm
E
C#
You give my old mint julep a kick,
E
C#
man
Gdim
F#
F#m
Who ever thought
C#
A
F#m
Ebdim
a Yankee
F#m
C#m
would put our little Dixie Bells
F#
C#m
Bbdim
to share?
A
Bm
F#
Bm
You've made us feel alive again
E
C#m
F#
You've given us the drive again
B
Eb
Bm
E
To make the South revive again,
A
F#m
Bm
man
E
C#m
Well, shut my mouth and
A
freeze my face
You've brought some
C#m
E
elegance to the place
Bm
This Saville -y harmony, catfish and tripe
E
Bm
E
Bm
Well, shut my mouth
E
D
and damn my eyes
Bm
E
You've made the price of tobacco rise
C#m
The old watermelon is suddenly ripe
E
Bm
And down on the levee a beautiful bevy
F#m
F#
Bm
Of crinoline ladies has flocked
A
C#m
The way that they're squealin',
they give me the feelin'
A
that Robert E. Lee must adopt.
C#m
Bb
Bm
The strummin' and ringin',
F#
the hummin' and singin',
Bm
E
it's startin' to get out of hand,
A
since you brought Dixie
Gdim
Bm
back to Dixieland.
E
A
C#m
A
Bm
You brought the cakewalk
F#
Bm
E
back into style, man.
Bm
E
A
You make the weepin' willow tree smile,
ma 'am
F#m
A
F#m
Your skin is Dixie satin,
Ebdim
C#m
there's revel in your manner
F#
and your speech
Bm
You may be from Manhattan,
E
F#
A
E
but Georgia never had
Bm
E
a sweet a peach.
A
F#
You make our black -eyed peas
Bm
and our grits,
E
man,
Bm
F#
Bm
E
C#
seem like the Bill affair at the Ritz,
Ddim
C#
man,
F#m
C#
F#m
you make the bougain
F#
A
Ebdim
C#m
villea turn purple
F#
at the mention of your name.
Bm
E
You're special, fascinational,
C#m
F#
prove to be inspirational,
B
Bm
E
I think you're just sensational!
A
Bm
Dm
F
A
MAME! MAME! MAME! you
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