• Song:

    Dixie Flyer

  • Artist:

    Randy Newman

  • Album:

    Best of the

Dixie Flyer

Intro:  Dm (xx0231@1)Am (x02210@1)Bb(2X) (x1333x@1) Gm (355333@1)Dm (xx0231@1)D# (x43121@3)F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)             Fsus4 (113311@1)name="chord_133211@1">F Am (x02210@1)     
I was born right here,        November '43
Bb (x1333x@1)		    F (133211@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)          C (x32010@1)       BbMy (x1333x@1)dad was a captain in the army fighting the germans in Sicily.
F (133211@1)                Fsus4 (113311@1)name="chord_133211@1">F               AmMy (x02210@1)poor little momma       didn't know a soul in L.A.
Bb (x1333x@1)                                     C (x32010@1)          FSo (133211@1)we went down to the union station and made our getaway.

Chorus:
F (133211@1)                              Am (x02210@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)AmGot (x02210@1)on the dixie flyer bound for New Orleans
Bb (x1333x@1)                             C (x32010@1)     FAcross (133211@1)the state of Texas to the land of dreams.
                                 Am (x02210@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)AmOn (x02210@1)the dixie flyer bound for New Orleans
Bb (x1333x@1)                                       C (x32010@1)     FBack (133211@1)to her friends and her family in the land of dreams.

Dm (xx0231@1)           Am (x02210@1)    BbHer (x1333x@1)own mother came to meet us at the station,
Dm (xx0231@1)         Am (x02210@1)       BbHer (x1333x@1)dress as black as a crow in a coal mine
Gm (355333@1)                               Dm (xx0231@1)    D# (x43121@3) 
She cried when her little girl got off the train.

Dm (xx0231@1)                 Am (x02210@1)          BbHer (x1333x@1)brothers and her sisters drove down from Jackson, Mississippi
     Dm (xx0231@1)               Am (x02210@1)        BbIn (x1333x@1)a great green hudson driven by a gentile they knew.
Gm (355333@1)                        Dm (xx0231@1)         D#Drinkin' (x43121@3)rye whiskey from a flask in the back seat
          F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)      BbTryin' (x1333x@1)to do like the gentiles do
             F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)       BbChrist, (x1333x@1)they wanted to be gentiles, too.
    F (133211@1)                  C (x32010@1)      BbWho (x1333x@1)wouldn't down there, wouldn't you?
   F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)        BbAn (x1333x@1)american christian, god damn!

Chorus



by: Jos? Duarte
jtduarte1@gmail.com


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