I sang Dixie (video) (intro)

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I sang Dixie as he died,

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the people just walked on by as I cried.

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The bottle had robbed him of his rebel pride,

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so I sang Dixie as he died.

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1. He said, “Way down yonder in the land of cotton,

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old times there ain’t near as rotten as they are

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on this damned old LA street. “

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Then he drew his dying breath, laid his head against my chest,

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please, Lord take his soul back home to Dixie.

+ CHORUS + instrumental = CHORUS

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2. He said, “Listen to me son while you still can,

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run back home to that southern land,

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don’t you see what life here has done to me?”

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Then he closed those old blue eyes, and fell limp against my side,

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no more pain, now he’s safe back home in Dixie.

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+ CHORUS + I sang Dixie as he die…..d.

(orig. = capo 4th) (Dwight Yoakum)