Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
INTRO
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Gm 2/4 Dm Eb %
F C Bb %
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F F4 F Bb/F F Am Dm Am
I was born right here, November '43
Dm Bb Bb/D F F4 F
My dad was a captain in the army
Dm C6 Bb
Fighting the Germans in Sicily
F F4 F Bb/F F Am Dm Am
My poor little momma didn't know a soul in LA
Dm Bb Bb/D F C F
So we went down to the union station and made our getaway
F Am Dm Am Dm Am
Got on the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans
Bb Bb/D F A/C# Dm F Bb
Across the state of Texas to the land of dreams
F Am Dm Am Dm Am
On the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans
Bb Bb/D F C F
Back to her friends and her family in the land of dreams
Dm Am Bb
Her own mother came to meet us at the station,
Dm Am Bb
Her dress as black as a crow in a coal mine
Gm Dm Eb
She cried when her little girl got off the train
Dm Am Bb
Her brothers and her sisters drove down from Jackson, Mississippi
Dm Am Bb
In a great green Hudson driven by a gentile they knew
Gm Dm Eb
Drinkin' rye whiskey from a flask in the back seat
F C Bb
Tryin' to do like the gentiles do
F C Bb
Christ, they wanted to be gentiles, too
F C Bb
Who wouldn't down there, wouldn't you?
F C Dm Bb
An American Christian, God damn!
F Am Dm Am Dm Am
On the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans
Bb Bb/D F A/C# Dm F Bb
Across the state of Texas to the land of dreams
F Am Dm Am Dm Am
On the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans
Bb Bb/D F C F
Back to her friends and her family in the land of dreams
Bb Bb/D F C F
Back to her friends and her family in the land of dreams
OUTRO
Dm 2/4 Am Bb %
Dm 2/4 Am Bb %
Gm 2/4 Dm Eb %
Dm 2/4 Am Bb %
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(repeat and fade)
