A simple and not so well-known song from this brilliant artist...
Chords:
C#m - x46654
D - xx0232
Eb - xx5343
E - 022100
F - 133211
F#m - 244222
G - 320033 or 355433
A - x02220
Bm - x24432
The stuff:
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
Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady
A E
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun
A G F#m F
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing
F#m E A Bm C#m D Eb
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
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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
Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady
A E
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun
A G F#m F
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing
F#m 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
Oooh, Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady
A E
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun
A G F#m F
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing
F#m E A D
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run, oooh
F#m E A D E D A
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
And that's the whole thing... I guess it's right...
Any doubt, email-me... s.chapuisat@bol.com.br
See ya...
By: Cristiano Tulio
