Dixie Acordes

Dixie Chords
Daniel Decatur Emmett  1859 *
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_(song)
 
[Verse 1]
 
      G
Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton,
C
Old times there are not forgotten,
      G          Em         D         G
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land.
 
[Verse 2]
   G
In Dixie Land, where I was born in,
C
early on one frosty mornin', 
      G          Em         D         G
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land. 
 
[Chorus]
 
  G             C         A7      D
I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray! 
   G               C
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
   G               D
to live and die in Dixie. 
 G     D     G                 D  G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie. 
 G     D     G                 D  G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
 
[Verse 3]
 
    G
Ole Missus marry "Will the weaver",
C
Willum was a gay deceiver,
      G          Em         D
Look away! Look away! Look away!
      G
Dixie Land.
 
[Verse 4]
 
    G
But when he put his arm around 'er,
C
He smiled fierce as a forty pounder,
      G          Em         D
Look away! Look away! Look away!
      G
Dixie Land.
 
[Chorus]
 
  G             C         A7      D
I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray! 
   G               C
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
   G               D
to live and die in Dixie. 
 G     D     G                 D  G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie. 
 G     D     G                 D  G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
 
[Verse 5]
 
    G
His face was sharp as a butcher's cleaver,
C
But that did not seem to grieve 'er,
      G          Em         D
Look away! Look away! Look away!
      G
Dixie Land.
 
[Verse 6]
 
    G
Ole Missus acted the foolish part,
C
And died for a man that broke her heart,
      G          Em         D
Look away! Look away! Look away!
      G
Dixie Land.
 
[Chorus]
 
  G             C         A7      D
I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray! 
   G               C
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
   G               D
to live and die in Dixie. 
 G     D     G                 D  G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie. 
 G     D     G                 D  G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
 
[Verse 7]
 
    G
Now here's a health to the next ole Missus,
C
An' all the gals that want to kiss us,
      G          Em         D
Look away! Look away! Look away!
      G
Dixie Land.
 
[Verse 8]
 
    G
But if you want to drive 'way sorrow,
C
Come and hear this song tomorrow,
      G          Em         D
Look away! Look away! Look away!
      G
Dixie Land.
 
[Chorus]
 
  G             C         A7      D
I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray! 
   G               C
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
   G               D
to live and die in Dixie. 
 G     D     G                 D  G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie. 
 G     D     G                 D  G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
 
[Verse 9]
 
        G
There's buckwheat cakes and Injun batter,
C
Makes you fat or a little fatter,
      G          Em         D
Look away! Look away! Look away!
      G
Dixie Land.
 
[Verse 10]
 
     G
Then hoe it down and scratch your gravel,
C
To Dixie's Land I'm bound to travel,
      G          Em         D
Look away! Look away! Look away!
      G
Dixie Land.
 
[Chorus]
 
  G             C         A7      D
I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray! 
   G               C
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
   G               D
to live and die in Dixie. 
 G     D     G                 D  G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie. 
 G     D     G                 D  G
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
 
* Alternate Keys
 
G  = A
C  = D
Em = F#m
D  = E
A7 = B7
 
G  = F
C  = Bb
Em = Dm
D  = C
A7 = G7
 
G  = C
C  = F
Em = Am
D  = G
A7 = D7
 
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