{"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":2312189,"song":"Utahs Dixie","artist":"Rosalie Sorrels","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11482510-utahs-dixie-chords-by-rosalie-sorrels/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2312189?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, once I lived in Cottonwood and owned a little farm,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I was called to 'Dixie', which gave me much alarm;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo raise the cane and cotton I right away must go,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut the reason why they sent me, I'm sure I do not know.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI yoked old Jim and Bally up all for to make a start;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo leave my house and garden, it almost broke my heart.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe moved along quite slowly and often looked behind,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor the sands and rocks or 'Dixie' kept runnin' through my mind.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAt length we reached the 'Black Ridge' where I broke my wagon down;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI could not find a carpenter, we're twenty miles from town,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo with a clumsy cedar pole I fixed an awkward slide;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy wagon pulled so heavy that Betsy could not ride.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhile Betsy was a-walking, I told her to take care,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen all upon a sudden, she struck a prickly pear.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen she began to blubber out as loud as she could bawl:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"If I was back in cottonwood, I would not come at all.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd when we reached the Sandy, we could not move at all[/tab]\r\n\r\nFor poor old Jim and Bally began to puff and bawl.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI whipped and swore a little, but could not make the rout,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor myself, the team, and Betsy we're all of us give out.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd next we got to Washington where there we stayed a while,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo see if April showers would make the verdure smile.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut, oh, I was mistaken and so I went away[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor the red hills of November looked just the same in May.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI feel so sad and lonely now, there's nothing here to cheer,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nExcept prophetic sermons which we very often hear;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey'll hand them out by dozens and prove them by the book[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'd rather have some roasting-ears to stay at home and cook.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI feel so weak and hungry now, I think I'm nearly dead;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Tis seven weeks next Sunday since I have tasted bread;[/tab]\r\n\r\nOf carrot tops and lucerne greens we have enough to eat,\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I'd like to change my diet off for buckwheat cakes and meat.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe hot winds whirl around me and take my breath away;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've had the chills and fever 'til I'm nearly shook to death;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"All earthly tribulations are but a moment here.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd oh if I prove faithful, a righteous crown shall wear.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy wagon's sold for sorghum seed to make a little bread,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd poor old Jim and Bally long long ago are dead;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere's only me and Betsy left to hoe the cotton tree[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMay Heaven help the 'Dixie-ite', wherever he may be.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\nFor poor old Jim and Bally began to puff and bawl.\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\nOf carrot tops and lucerne greens we have enough to eat,\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 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