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Dixie

Bob Dylan

RockMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×○○
F
G○○○
D××○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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INTRO 
| C | % | F | % |  
| C | % | G | C | 
 
  C     
I wish I was in the land of cotton 
F 
Old times there are not forgotten, 
      C                     G          C 
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land 
 
   C     
In Dixie Land where I was born  
F 
Early on a frosty mornin', 
      C                     G          C 
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land 
 
  C             F         D       G 
I wish I was in Dixie, hooray! hooray! 
   C               F 
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand  
   C               G 
To live and die in Dixie, 
 C     G     C        G        C 
Away, away, away down South in Dixie, 
 C     G     C        G        C 
Away, away, away down South in Dixie 
 
INTERLUDE 
| C | % | F | % |  
| C | % | G | C | 
 
   C     
In Dixie Land where I was born  
F 
Early on a frosty morn 
      C                     G          C 
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land 
 
  C             F       D     G 
I wish I was in Dixie, away! away! 
   C               F 
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand  
   C               G 
To live and die in Dixie, 
 C     G     C        G        C 
Away, away, away down South in Dixie, 
 C     G     C        G        C 
Away, away, away down South in Dixie

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Chord set

C · F · G · D

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.