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Dixie Flyer - Randy Newman
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Randy Newman
Dixie Flyer (1988)
(Randy Newman)
From: "Land of Dreams"
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CHORDS
e-B-G-D-A-e
Fsus x-1-3-3-3-1
Bb/F x-3-3-3-x-x
Bb/D 1-3-3-0-x-x
F/C 1-1-2-3-3-x
C6 0-1-2-2-3-x
A/C# 0-2-2-2-4-x
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INTRO
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I was [F]born [Fsus]right [F]here,[Bb/F] [F] No[Am]vember '43[Dm][Am]
[Dm] [Bb] My dad was a [Bb/D]captain in the [F/C]army [Fsus][F]
[Dm]Fighting the [C6]Germans in [Bb]Sicily
My [F]poor [Fsus]little [F]momma[Bb/F] [F] didn't know a [Am]soul in LA[Dm][Am]
[Dm] So we [Bb]went down to the [Bb/D]union [F/C]station and made our [C]getaway[F]
Got on the [F]Dixie Flyer bound for [Am]New Or[Dm]leans[Am][Dm][Am]
[Bb]Across the [Bb/D]state of [F/C]Texas to the [A/C#]land of [Dm]dreams[F/C][Bb]
On the [F]Dixie Flyer bound for [Am]New Or[Dm]leans[Am][Dm][Am]
[Bb]Back to her [Bb/D]friends and her [F/C]family in the [C]land of [F]dreams
[Dm] Her own mother came to [Am]meet us at the [Bb]station,
[Dm] Her dress as black as a [Am]crow in a coal [Bb]mine
[Gm] She cried when her little girl [Dm]got off the [Eb]train
[Dm] Her brothers and her sisters drove down from [Am]Jackson, Missi[Bb]ssippi
[Dm] In a great green Hudson driven by a [Am]gentile they [Bb]knew
[Gm]Drinkin' rye whiskey from a [Dm]flask in the [Eb]back seat
Tryin' to [F]do like the [C]gentiles [Bb]do
Christ, they [F]wanted to be [C]gentiles, [Bb]too
Who [F]wouldn't down [C]there, wouldn't [Bb]you?
An A[F]meri[C]can Chris[Dm]tian, [Bb]God damn!
On the [F]Dixie Flyer bound for [Am]New Or[Dm]leans[Am][Dm][Am]
[Bb]Across the [Bb/D]state of [F/C]Texas to the [A/C#]land of [Dm]dreams[F/C][Bb]
On the [F]Dixie Flyer bound for [Am]New Or[Dm]leans[Am][Dm][Am]
[Bb]Back to her [Bb/D]friends and her [F/C]family in the [C]land of [F]dreams
[Bb]Back to her [Bb/D]friends and her [F/C]family in the [C]land of [F]dreams
OUTRO
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(repeat and fade)
