I Sang Dixie Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	E
Capo:	no capo

Author david.thio [pro] 585.

2 contributors total, last edit on Aug 20, 2021

Chords

E/D#

E/C#

E/B

A/G#

A/F#

A/E

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I Sang Dixie
Dwight Yoakam
 
 
[Intro]
|   E   |   B   |   E   |   E   |
 
 
[Chorus]
E
I sang Dixie as he died
E                                       E7
The people just walked on by as I cried
               A                     E
The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride
          E       B7      E
So I sang Dixie     as he died
 
 
[Verse 1]
E                E/D#          E/C#    E/B
He said way down yonder in the land of cotton
A         A/G#        A/F#    A/E
Ole times there ain't near as rotten as they are
E                         B7
On these damned ol' L.A. streets
E
Then he drew a dying breath
         A
Laid his head against my chest
          E             B7
Oh please lord take his soul back
        E
Home to Dixie
 
 
[Chorus]
E
I sang Dixie as he died
E                                       E7
The people just walked on by as I cried
               A                     E
The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride
          E       B7      E
So I sang Dixie     as he died
 
 
[Solo]
|   E   |   E   |   E   |   E   |
|   E   |   E   |   E   |   E7  |
|   A   |   A   |   E   |   E   |
|   E   |   B7  |   E   |   E   |
 
 
[Verse 2]
E
He said listen to me son while you still can
A
Run back home to that southern land
          E                              B7
Don’t you see what life here has done to me
E
Then he closed those old blue eyes
     A                            E
Fell limp against my side no more pain
         B7                 E
Now he’s safe back home in Dixie
 
 
[Chorus]
E
I sang Dixie as he died
E                                       E7
The people just walked on by as I cried
               A                     E
The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride
          E       B7      E
So I sang Dixie     as he died
 
 
[Ending]
          E       B7      A        E  E  A E
So I sang Dixie     as he dieeeeed
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I Sang Dixie – Dwight Yoakam

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3 comments

much improved over the others listed - thanks!

I agree... This represents the best version to date. Thanks for taking the time to post it. To my novice ear, that last "A" chord in the ending sounds more like a "B7," though.

Goeie tab man :)