Chords:
DO#m - x46654
RE - xx0232
MIb - xx5343
MI - 022100
FA - 133211
FA#m - 244222
G - 320033 or 355433
LA - x02220
SIm - x24432
The stuff:
A, Bm, C#m, D, Eb
MI LA RE
Showboat coming up the river
FA#m MI LA
See her lanterns flicker in the gentle breeze
MI LA RE
I can hear the crickets singing in the evening
FA#m SOL RE
Old Dixie Lily moving past the cypress trees
MI LA RE
My little boat she rocks easy
FA#m MI LA
I've been catching catfish in the creek all day
MI LA RE
Oh and I've never seen ladies like those on the big boats
FA#m SOL RE
Must be fancy breeding lets you live that way
LA RE
Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady
LA MI
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun
LA SOL FA#m FA
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing
FA#m MI LA SIm DO#m RE MIb
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
MI LA RE
Papa says that I'm a dreamer
FA#m MI LA
Says them skeetas bit me one too many times
MI LA RE
Oh but I never get lonesome living on the river
FA#m SOL RE
Watching old Lily leave the world behind
LA RE
Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady
LA MI
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun
LA SOL FA#m FA
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing
FA#m MI LA SIm DO#m RE MIb
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
E, A, D
F#m, E, A
E, A, D
F#m, G, D
LA RE
Oooh, Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady
LA MI
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun
LA SOL FA#m FA
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing
FA#m MI LA RE
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run, oooh
FA#m MI LA RE MI RE LA
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
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