{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1715991,"song":"I Wanna Go Back To Dixie","artist":"Tom Lehrer","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11362550-i-wanna-go-back-to-dixie-chords-by-tom-lehrer/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1715991?type=chord","rating":4.41507,"votes":6,"content":"I Wanna Go Back to Dixie \r\nby Tom Lehrer\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F7[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI  wanna go back to dixie,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb7[/ch]     [ch]Eb[/ch]                \r\nTake me back to dear ol' dixie,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Edim[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Fm[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nThat's the only li'l ol' place for li'l ol' me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F7[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nOl' times there are not for-gotten,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWhoppin' slaves and sellin' cotton,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Edim[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C7[/ch]           [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nAnd   waitin' for the robert E. Lee.[/tab]\r\n\r\nspoken - (it was never there on time.)\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'll go back to the swanee,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nWhere pel-lagra makes you scrawny,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]                             [ch]Gb/E[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Bdim[/ch]  [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nAnd the jasmine and the tear gas spell just fine.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Bbdim[/ch]  [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nI really am a-fixin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]Fm6[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo go back where there's no mixin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]               [ch]F7[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nDown below that mason-dixon line.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPoll Tax. How I love ya, How I love ya.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy Dear Ole Poll Tax[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(SPOKEN)\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]Bb7[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nWon'tcha come with me to alabammy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]Bb7[/ch]       [ch]Eb[/ch]       [ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nBack to the arms of my dear ol' mammy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Bb7[/ch]           [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nHer cookin's lousy and her hands are clammy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F7[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]      \r\nBut what the hell, it's home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]F7[/ch]           [ch]Fdim[/ch]            [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nSUNG - Yes, for paradise the southland is my nominee.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F7[/ch]            [ch]Fdim[/ch]          [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nJes' give me a ham hock and a grit of hominy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F7[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]F7[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI wanna start relaxin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb7[/ch]     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nDown in Birmingham or Jackson.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Edim[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Fm[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C7[/ch]    [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nAnd have some fun while no one interferes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nI wanna talk with southern gentlemen[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]                       [ch]Edim[/ch]\r\nAnd put my white sheet on again,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]C7[/ch]               [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nI ain't seen one good lynchin' in years.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nThe land of the boll weevil, [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb7[/ch] \r\nWhere the laws are medieval,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb[/ch]                         [ch]Gb/E[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Bdim[/ch]  [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nIs callin' me to come and nevermore roam.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]Bdim[/ch]    [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nI wanna go back to the southland,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]Bdim[/ch]    [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nThat \"y'all\" and \"shut-my-mouth\" land,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F7/Bb[/ch] \r\nBe it e--ver  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nso dec-a-dent,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C7[/ch] [ch]F7[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F7[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThere's no place like home.[/tab]","plain_text":"I Wanna Go Back to Dixie \nby Tom Lehrer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nspoken - (it was never there on time.)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(SPOKEN)","chords":["F7","Bb","Bb7","Eb","Edim","Fm","G7","C7","E","Gb/E","Bdim","Bbdim","Fm6","C","Ebm","Fdim","F7/Bb","Ab"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}