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Verse 1
On (G major) the dark side of Chicago,
I heard an (C major) old lonesome hobo
As he (G major) whistled, Dixie,
it took my mind way back
(D major) To Mama's dear (G major) sweet angel smile
And the (C major) tune she sang me as a child
And how my (G major) daddy left us long ago
On a lonesome north (D major) bound (G major) track
Well he took a nip and I walked over
I laid my (C major) hand on a thin old shoulder
And in the (G major) moonlight tired old eyes
Stared me right (D major) through
So I gave (G major) him a brand new twenty
And said (C major) friend this ought to be plenty
To (G major) pay for (C major) a drink
(G major) and a (D major) memory trip with you
(G major) I said I (C major) have a (F major) love for (C major) Dixie
Cause (F major) she's (C major) where I (F major) long to (C major) be
And (F major) I'll go (C major) home to her (F major) someday,
(C major) just wait and see (G major)
So if you're leaving in the morning
Well (C major) someday I'll be joining
So would you (G major) save a (C major) place for (G major) me
In the (D major) heart of Dixie (G major) (E major)
They say my (A major) old man rode the rails
So as (D major) this hobo spun his tails
My (A major) thoughts drifted off
in a dream with a mystery
(E major) We drank his wine (A major) till we
got Shanghai'd
Slept in a (D major) boxcar side by side
Till the (A major) morning's (D major) light struck (A major) my face
an (E major) d awoke (A major) me.
And on the hobo's arm hanging limp,
the sun's (D major) flicker
gave me a glimpse of (A major) something
that took me by surprise. (E major)
Across (A major) a heart tattooed in his skin,
I (D major) saw the name Dixie written there.
And it (A major) brought a twinkle (D major) an (A major) d
a tear in (E major) to my eye (A major) s.
As I thought, we (D major) share a (G major) love for Dixie
(D major) An (G major) d she's (D major) where we (G major) long to (D major) be
And (G major) I'll go (D major) home to her (G major) someday,
(D major) just wait and (A major) see
So if you're leaving in the morning
Well, (D major) someday I'll be joining
Lord, (A major) save (D major) a place for (A major) me
In the (E major) heart of Dixie (A major) (F major)
He (B flat major) said, well, it's about time for my run
I've (E flat major) got a ride to Montgomery, son (B flat major)
Sir, I replied,
that's my old (F major) stomping ground
Yeah, (B flat major) he said he'd hung out
there on the Rippon
(E flat major) Before he left a girl named Dixie
And (B flat major) (E flat major) that for years (B flat major) now,
his soul (F major) had been Alabama bound (B flat major)
Well, I told him I thought
I'd known his Dixie, (E flat major)
but that she died way back in (B flat major) sixty.
They say from loneliness
an (F major) d a broken dream.
And (B flat major) as I said that, he just slipped away,
(E flat major) but left me thinkin' to this very day
(B flat major) that Dixie's (E flat major) darling
was (B flat major) the dad I'd (F major) never seen.
(B flat major) Lord, we shared (E flat major) a (A flat major) love for Dixie,
(E flat major) now (A flat major) he's (E flat major) where she (A flat major) went to (E flat major) be
And (A flat major) I'll go (E flat major) home to them (A flat major) someday,
(E flat major) just wait and see (B flat major)
He left me behind that morning,
but when my (E flat major) time comes
I'll be joining
Lord, (B flat major) save a (E flat major) place for (B flat major) me
in the (F major) heart of Dixie (G minor)
Won't (E flat major) save a place for (B flat major) me
in the (F major) heart of Itsy. (B flat major)
The Hobo
Jerry Reed
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