Dwight Yoakam – I Sang Dixie chords ver. 2

DI sang Dixie as he died 

D                                       D7The people just walked on by as I cried 
                                                                            
                 G                         D The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride 

          D  A7       D So I sang Dixie as he died  


D He said way down yonder in the land of cotton 
                                                                           
G                                           DOld times there ain't near as rotten as they are
 
D                         A7On these damned ole L.A streets 

D                                             He drew his dying breath 

         GLaid his head against my chest  

          D             A7        DOh please lord take his soul back home to Dixie 


DI sang Dixie as he died 

D                                       D7The people just walked on by as I cried 

                 G                           D The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride 

          D  A7       D So I sang Dixie as he died  

 
DHe said listen to me son while you still can 

G                  Run back home to that Southern land 

          D                              A7Don't you see what life here has done to me 

DThen he closed those old blue eyes 

     G                             D Fell limp against my side, no more pain 

         A7                 DNow his soul's back home in Dixie 


DI sang Dixie as he died 

D                                       D7the people just walked on by as I cried 
                                                           
                G                           D The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride 

          D  A7       D So I sang Dixie as he died