Tiger Tom Dixon's Blues

Capo 2

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Tiger Tom Dixon had a gift from God
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He could hit you quick, he could 
G       D
hit you hard
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In a world where a man's hands 
             D
are put to the test
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Tiger Tom Dixon's hands were the 
D
best



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Men came from Boston, from Ohio
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Corners of counties that you'll 
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never know
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From barrooms and poolhalls with 
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nothing to show
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Except for the fists that they 
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did throw at Tiger Tom Dixon
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Tiger Tom Dixon
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He'd step into the ring, gloves tied
 on tight
After humbling a man Tom would tie 
one on in spite
Kick back into a whiskey like it was
 an easy chair
Drink to anything that the devil may
 care

Now Tom held the future in his right
 fist
But there was no good time Tom Dixon
 could resist
No neon in New England he hadn't 
passed out under
No white lightning that hadn't felt 
his thunder

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Tougher than leather and quick as a 
cat
Till a young man one day is no 
longer that
And the dreams of those around him 
sink to the quick
When he slows just enough for them 
to figure the trick

Come a day in December the steely 
winds did blow
Into the ring a man Tom Dixon did 
know
It was himself without the bottle, 
and the dream held fast
He took Tom's dream with him and he 
never looked back

Tom rolled around that bottle for a 
couple of years
Till he was put in the ground by his
 own fears
Now all that is left is the story I 
have told
And the dream that still waits to 
unfold for Tiger Tom Dixon

Chorus