Dixie Flyer

Intro:  Dm  Am  Bb (2X)  Gm  Dm  

D#  F  C  Bb

      F               Fsus4 
I was born right here,        
F Am
November '43
Bb                             
My dad was a captain in the army 
     F    Dm            C         Bb
fighting the germans in Sicily.
F                  Fsus4 F      
My poor little momma       
         Am
didn't know a soul in L.A.
Bb                                
So we went down to the union 
       C            F
station and made our getaway.

Chorus:
F                                
Got on the dixie flyer bound for 
Am           Am7  Am
New Orleans
Bb                               
Across the state of Texas to the 
C       F
land of dreams.
Continúa después del anuncio
On the dixie flyer bound for New 
Am           Am7  Am
Orleans
Bb                                
Back to her friends and her family
         C       F
 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                                 
She cried when her little girl got 
Dm      D#
off the train.

Dm                   Am           
Her brothers and her sisters drove
 Bb
 down from Jackson, Mississippi
     Dm                 Am        
In a great green hudson driven by 
  Bb
a gentile they knew.
Gm                          Dm   
Drinkin' rye whiskey from a flask
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 in the back seat
          F           C        Bb
Tryin' to do like the gentiles do
             F            C       
Christ, they wanted to be 
  Bb
gentiles, too.
    F                    C        
Who wouldn't down there, wouldn't 
Bb
you?
   F        C          Bb
An american christian, god damn!