Elton John – Dixie Lily (Guitar)

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Chords

Chords: C#m - x46654 D - xx0232 Eb - xx5343 E - 022100 F - 133211
F#m - 244222
G   - 320033 or 355433
A - x02220 Bm - x24432 A Bm C#m D Eb
E                       A     D
Showboat coming up the river

         F#m             E               A
See her lanterns flicker in the gentle breeze

E                                      A        D
I can hear the crickets singing in the evening

     F#m        G               D
Old Dixie Lily moving past the cypress trees

E                         A    D
My little boat she rocks easy

           F#m             E                 A
I've been catching catfish in the creek all day

             E                                   A         D
Oh and I've never seen ladies like those on the big boats

         F#m            G                  D
Must be fancy breeding lets you live that way

A                             D/A
Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady

 A                                   E
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun

  A                    A/G   D                 F
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing

Bm             E                     A   Bm  C#m  D  Eb
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run

E                      A      D
Papa says that I'm a dreamer

            F#m          E             A
Says them skeetas bit me one too many times

          E                                A     D
Oh but I never get lonesome living on the river

 F#m               G                 D
Watching old Lily leave the world behind

A                             D/A
Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady

 A                                   E
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun

  A                    A/G   D                 F
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing

Bm             E                     A   Bm  C#m  D  Eb
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
E A D F#m E A E A D F#m G D
A                             D/A
Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady

 A                                   E
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun

  A                    A/G   D                 F
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing

Bm             E                     A   Bm  C#m  D  Eb
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run