--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dixie Flyer - Randy Newman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Randy Newman Dixie Flyer (1988) (Randy Newman) From: "Land of Dreams" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS e-B-G-D-A-e Fsus x-1-3-3-3-1 Bb/F x-3-3-3-x-x Bb/D 1-3-3-0-x-x F/C 1-1-2-3-3-x C6 0-1-2-2-3-x A/C# 0-2-2-2-4-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO | Dm |2/4 Am | Bb | % | | Dm |2/4 Am | Bb | % | | Gm |2/4 Dm | Eb | % | | F C | Bb | % | | F C | Bb | % | F Fsus F BF/FAm Am I was born right here, November '43 DBb Bb/D F/C Fsus My dad was a captain in the army Dm C6 Bb Fighting the Germans in Sicily F Fsus F BF/F Am Am My poor little momma didn't know a soul in LA Dm Bb Bb/D F/C C F So we went down to the union station and made our getaway F Am Dm Am Got on the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans Bb Bb/D F/C A/C# Dm BbC Across the state of Texas to the land of dreams F Am Dm Am On the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans Bb Bb/D F/C C F Back to her friends and her family in the land of dreams Dm Am Bb Her own mother came to meet us at the station, Dm Am Bb Her dress as black as a crow in a coal mine Gm Dm Eb She cried when her little girl got off the train Dm Am Bb Her brothers and her sisters drove down from Jackson, Mississippi Dm Am Bb In a great green Hudson driven by a gentile they knew Gm Dm Eb Drinkin' rye whiskey from a flask in the back seat F C Bb Tryin' to do like the gentiles do F C Bb Christ, they wanted to be gentiles, too F C Bb Who wouldn't down there, wouldn't you? F C Dm Bb An American Christian, God damn! F Am Dm Am On the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans Bb Bb/D F/C A/C# Dm BbC Across the state of Texas to the land of dreams F Am Dm Am On the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans Bb Bb/D F/C C F Back to her friends and her family in the land of dreams Bb Bb/D F/C C F Back to her friends and her family in the land of dreams OUTRO | Dm |2/4 Am | Bb | % | | Dm |2/4 Am | Bb | % | | Gm |2/4 Dm | Eb | % | | Dm |2/4 Am | Bb | % | | Dm |2/4 Am | Bb | % | | Gm |2/4 Dm | Eb | % | (repeat and fade)