Scraping Dixie

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     
And his face would hardly move 
   G      F
from day to day
        C          G      Am     
And his face would hardly move 
   G      F
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  
Don't you set your mouth and jump
       G      F
 salty as the sea
     C          G       Am   G   
Even though she was the one, even 
 F
so, I'll overcome
          C        G        Am   
Don't you set your mouth on me 
   G   F
like I belong
          C        G        Am   
Don't you set your mouth on me 
   G   F
like I belong


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   C          G          Am    G
He learned to cook short order
         F
He was a pour man in a bar
      C      G        Am      G 
And a bubble dancer, 'til his 
       F
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
He said that grease got all up 
      F
in his dreams
   C         G          Am     G
He said that grease got all up 
      F
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      
Looking for some cash to pass him 
  F
through
         C        G     Am    G
Oh well, what you gonna do
       F
We all have to line the flue
         C       G        Am      
But I'll fight until they put that
 G         F
 tree suit on
        C         G        Am    
I'll be fighting 'til they put 
   G         F
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         
He'll be scraping by 'til the 
  Am      G          F
weather warms this way
         C   G          Am      
Scraping Dixie 'til the weather 
G          F
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   
Don't you set your mouth on me 
   G   F
like I belong
     C          G       Am   G   
Even though she was the one, even 
 F
so, I'll overcome
          C        G        Am   
Don't you set your mouth on me 
   G   F
like I belong
          C        G        Am   
Don't you set your mouth on me 
   G   F
like I belong