E5
I'm a headin' back to Dixie
A5 E5
That's the place I long to be
A5 E5
Where the cotton grows and the Swanee flows
F#5 B5
That's home sweet home to me
E5
Where they meet you and they greet you
A5
With the sweetest how you all
E5
Well shut my mouth, I'm a headin' south
B5 E5
On the Dixie Cannonball.
E5 A5
On the Dixie Cannonball, on the Dixie Cannonball
E5 F#5 B5
Just listen to the whistle, it'll thrill you one and all
E5 A5
And I know there's some one waitin', with the sweetest how you all
E5
Well shut my mouth, I'm a headin' south
B5 E5
On the Dixie Cannonball.
E5
When I cross them Smokey mountains
A5 E5
I'll be countin' every mile
A5 E5
When the whistle blows, I'll be on my toes
F#5 B5
And I'll shuffle down the aisle
E5
And I know I'll not be lonesome
A5
When I see them treetops tall
E5
I'm coming through on the big choo-choo
B5 E5
On the Dixie Cannonball.
Chorus:
E5
Yes, I'm goin' back to Dixie
A5 E5
That's the place I long to be
A5 E5
Where the cotton grows and the Swanee flows
F#5 B5
That's home sweet home to me
E5
Where they meet you and they greet you
A5
With the sweetest how you all
E5
Well shut my mouth, I'm a headin' south
B5 E5
On the Dixie Cannonball.
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