Chords for Elton John - Dixie Lily (Caribou 4 of 13)

_ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ [B] [E] She was a boat comin' up [A] the river, [D] _ [F#m] see her landin' thick, [E] her in the gentle [A] breeze.
_ [E] I can hear the crickets [A] singin' in the evening, [D] _ [F#m] oh Dixie [G] Lillie movin' past [D] the cypress trees.
[E] My little boat, she [A] rides easy, _
[D] _ [F#m] up in the catchin' [E] catfish in the creek [A] all day.
[E] Oh, and I've never seen an angel as light as those on [A] the big boats.
[D] _ [F#m] Must be fancy [G] breedin' to live [D] that way.
_ _ [A] Dixie Lillie, chuggin' like a friendly old lady,
a ballerina, a hollerin' little [E] dancer. _
_ _ [A] Bound to the water, [D] weary [F] whistles [B] blowin',
down from the reef, [E] she's gotta run up and set [A] back around.
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [D#] _ [E] Mama says that I'm [A] a [D] dreamer,
see [F#m] them mosquitos in the [E] air one too many [A] times.
Oh, but [E] I've never dared an old son livin' [A] on the river,
[D] _ [F#m] watchin' old Lillie [G] leave the world [D] behind.
_ _ _ [A] Dixie Lillie, chuggin' like a friendly old lady,
a _ ballerina, a hollerin' little [E] dancer.
_ _ [A] Bound to the water, _ [D] weary whistles [F] _ [B] blowin',
down from the reef, [E] she's gotta run up and set [A] back around.
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ [D#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
Oh, _ [A] Dixie Lillie, chuggin' like a friendly old lady,
a ballerina, a _ hollerin' little [E] dancer.
[A] _
[E] Bound [A] to the water, [D] weary whistles [F] _ [B] blowin',
down from the [E] reef, she's gotta run up and set [A] back around.
[D] Oh, [B] down from the reef, [E] she's gotta run up and set [A] back around.
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