Southern Dixie Flyer Chords by Marty Robbins

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At the station house one day was a lady old and gray
[A] I could tell her [E] heart was feeling [B] sad and low
With [E] a tear drop in her eye she was trying not to cry
[A] I determined [E] then her story I would know _
_ [B] I ventured a word [A] and this sad, sad [E] tale I heard
[A] Of a mother [E] who had lost her [B] only child
Yes, [E] they've taken her away, these words I heard her say
[A] And they're traveling [E] on that [B] southern [E] Dixie Flyer
She was only sweet sixteen and the only joy I've seen
[A] What God has [E] given now he [B] takes away
She'll [E] be taken home again on that southbound railroad train
[A] To be laid there [E] with her [B] daddy [E] in the grave _
[B] I've no money of my own, [A] I can't even [E] take her home
[A] But I want to [E] be there with my [B] heart's desire
But [E] then she could say no more as the echo drifted o'er
[A] Was the whistle [E] of that [B] southern [E] Dixie Flyer _
As the train pulled out of sight and the day became its night
[A] Was a scene to [E] bring a tear to [B] any eye _
[Gbm] [E] Just a lady all alone, not a thing to call her own
[A] But some memories [E] from a [B] better [E] day gone by _
[B] I knew right away [A] there was nothing [E] I could say
[A] To soothe her [E] heart or dry those [B] tear-dimmed eyes
[Eb] So [E] I turned to walk away from the lady old and gray
[A] Whose heart was [E] on that [B] southern [E] Dixie Flyer _
[B] I've no money of my own, [A] I can't even [E] take her home
[A] But I want to [E] be there with my [B] heart's [A] desire
[B]
And [E] then she could say no more as the echo drifted o'er
[A] Was the whistle [E] of that southern [B] [Eb] Dixie _ [E] Flyer
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