Bellamy Brothers

You Aint Just Whistling Dixie

Bellamy Brothers


Tom: A

A          D                   E                                 
Pine trees grow so tall in the bright sunshine 
D                E                  A 
     A young boy steals his daddy's fishin' line 
A            D                      E                    
An alligator lays on the banks of a riverbed 
D                      E 
     And if you didn't know any better 
      A 
You'd swear he's dead 
 
Chorus: 
Bm                   E                 A 
     Now these are a few things I'm in love with 
  Bm                E           A 
A small part of the reason I go back 
       Bm                E                A 
To Carolina Mississsippi Florida gorgeous Georgia 
           Bm                   E 
Now if you think I'm happy down there 
                    A 
You're on the right track 
        D                   E 
And you ain't just whistlin Dixie 
    A                       D 
You ain't just slappin your knee 
      D               E 
I'm a grandson of the Southland 
   A               A7 
An heir to the Confederacy 
    D                   E 
You ain't just whistlin Dixie 
           A                        D 
?Cause the cattle call's callin' me home 
   D                         E 
So put me down there where I wanna be 
D                  E 
Plant my feet with Robert E. Lee 
D                     E  
Bury my bones under a cypress tree 
    D     C#m E  A 
And never let me roam 
 
Verse 2: 
 
 
A                          D                       E 
Cotton balls gleam and the cow gives cream for the baby's sake 
D                   E                      A 
Pa comes in full of gin and he's mean as a rattlesnake 
           A                    D                E 
And if the well runs dry and we cry and cuss the garden hose 
D                           E                   A 
Mama draws a bucket full of creek water just to wash our clothes 
 
(Chorus)

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