INTRO: C  G  Am  G  F   (2x)

  C            G        Am     G  F
I heard he was scraping Dixie
                   C
Looking for a job
        G        Am      G       F     
Looking for some work to get him by
         C        G       Am     G 
Steering clear of all the jails
           F
But he was skinny as a rail
        C          G      Am        G      F
And his face would hardly move from day to day
        C          G      Am        G      F
And his face would hardly move from day to day


CHORUS:
          C        G        Am   G  
Don't you set your mouth on me
          F
Don't you set your mouth on me
          C        G         Am         G      F
Don't you set your mouth and jump salty as the sea
     C          G       Am   G    F
Even though she was the one, even so, I'll overcome
          C        G        Am      G   F
Don't you set your mouth on me like I belong
          C        G        Am      G   F
Don't you set your mouth on me like I belong


   C          G          Am    G  
He learned to cook short order
         F
He was a pour man in a bar
      C      G        Am      G        F
And a bubble dancer, 'til his face got steamed
      C         G      Am      
And I know that he was bugged
G       F
Dishing out them slops and slugs
   C         G          Am     G      F
He said that grease got all up in his dreams
   C         G          Am     G      F
He said that grease got all up in his dreams


INSTRUMENTAL: C  G  Am  G  F   (5x)


        C       G        Am     G  
He said he'd be scraping Dixie
      F
Maybe Carolina way
C       G        Am      G        F   
Looking for some cash to pass him through
         C        G     Am    G  
Oh well, what you gonna do
       F
We all have to line the flue
         C       G        Am       G         F   
But I'll fight until they put that tree suit on
        C         G        Am       G         F   
I'll be fighting 'til they put that tree suit on


BRIDGE:
    Am G       C
A VFW from somewhere
         G6            Am     F
With the thousand yard stare
                             G
The VA kept him hanging on a line
        C   G      Am      
His disability was pending
        G         F
And I'd get these scribes that he was sending
         C        G           Am      G          F   
He'll be scraping by 'til the weather warms this way
         C   G          Am      G          F   
Scraping Dixie 'til the weather warms this way


CHORUS:
          C        G        Am   G  
Don't you set your mouth on me
          F
Don't you set your mouth on me
          C        G        Am      G   F
Don't you set your mouth on me like I belong
     C          G       Am   G    F
Even though she was the one, even so, I'll overcome
          C        G        Am      G   F
Don't you set your mouth on me like I belong
          C        G        Am      G   F
Don't you set your mouth on me like I belong