Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard INTRO D5 2/4 A5 Bb5 % D5 2/4 A5 Bb5 % G5 2/4 D5 Eb5 % F5 C5 Bb5 % F5 C5 Bb5 % F5 F5 F5 Bb5 F5 A5 D5 A5 I was born right here, November '43 D5 Bb5 Bb5 F5 F5 F5 My dad was a captain in the army D5 C5 Bb5 Fighting the Germans in Sicily F5 F5 F5 Bb5 F5 A5 D5 A5 My poor little momma didn't know a soul in LA D5 Bb5 Bb5 F5 C5 F5 So we went down to the union station and made our getaway F5 A5 D5 A5 D5 A5 Got on the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans Bb5 Bb5 F5 A5 D5 F5 Bb5 Across the state of Texas to the land of dreams F5 A5 D5 A5 D5 A5 On the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans Bb5 Bb5 F5 C5 F5 Back to her friends and her family in the land of dreams D5 A5 Bb5 Her own mother came to meet us at the station, D5 A5 Bb5 Her dress as black as a crow in a coal mine G5 D5 Eb5 She cried when her little girl got off the train D5 A5 Bb5 Her brothers and her sisters drove down from Jackson, Mississippi D5 A5 Bb5 In a great green Hudson driven by a gentile they knew G5 D5 Eb5 Drinkin' rye whiskey from a flask in the back seat F5 C5 Bb5 Tryin' to do like the gentiles do F5 C5 Bb5 Christ, they wanted to be gentiles, too F5 C5 Bb5 Who wouldn't down there, wouldn't you? F5 C5 D5 Bb5 An American Christian, God damn! F5 A5 D5 A5 D5 A5 On the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans Bb5 Bb5 F5 A5 D5 F5 Bb5 Across the state of Texas to the land of dreams F5 A5 D5 A5 D5 A5 On the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans Bb5 Bb5 F5 C5 F5 Back to her friends and her family in the land of dreams Bb5 Bb5 F5 C5 F5 Back to her friends and her family in the land of dreams OUTRO D5 2/4 A5 Bb5 % D5 2/4 A5 Bb5 % G5 2/4 D5 Eb5 % D5 2/4 A5 Bb5 % D5 2/4 A5 Bb5 % G5 2/4 D5 Eb5 % (repeat and fade)
