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Dixie
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Dixie
(Trad / Daniel Decatur Emmett)
"Dixie", also known as "I Wish I Was in Dixie", "Dixie's Land", and other
titles, is a popular American song. It is one of the most distinctively
American musical products of the 19th century, and probably the best-known
song to have come out of blackface minstrelsy. Although not a folk song at
its creation, "Dixie" has since entered the American folk vernacular. The
song likely cemented the word "Dixie" in the American vocabulary as a
toponym for the Southern United States.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_%28song%29#Lyrics]
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INTRO
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| C | % | G | C |
VERSE
C
I wish I was in the land of cotton
F
Old times there are not forgotten,
C G C
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land
VERSE
C
In Dixie Land where I was born
F
Early on a frosty mornin',
C G C
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land
CHORUS
C F D G
I wish I was in Dixie, hooray! hooray!
C F
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
C G
To live and die in Dixie,
C G C G C
Away, away, away down South in Dixie,
C G C G C
Away, away, away down South in Dixie
INTERLUDE
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| C | % | G | C |
VERSE
C
There's buckwheat cakes and Injun batter,
F
Makes you fat or a little fatter.
C G C
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land
VERSE
C
Then hoe it down and scratch your gravel,
F
To Dixie's Land I'm bound to travel.
C G C
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land
CHORUS
C F D G
I wish I was in Dixie, away! away!
C F
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
C G
To live and die in Dixie,
C G C G C
Away, away, away down South in Dixie,
C G C G C
Away, away, away down South in Dixie
