Down Along the Dixie Line

Gillian Welch

Key of A · Chords: I II IV V vi

Verse 1

A
Way down in Dixie, oh do they miss me
D                    A
Down along the Dixie line
A
Banjoes are strummin’, horseflies are hummin’
B7                 D
Ripe melons on the vine
F#m          A        D          B7
The gold and the gray weeds sing look away
A              E         A
Way down along the Dixie line

Verse 2

I spent my childhood walking the wildwood
Down along the Dixie line
Freight trains are squallin’, eyeballs are ballin’
Four engines at a time
I was so happy with Momma and Pappy
Down along the Dixie line

Verse 3

A                            D
Can't you hear those drivers wail
          A                      E
Can't you see those bright rails shine
      A                   D
Gonna catch that fireball man
          F#m       E   A
Leave the northland far behind

Verse 4

A river of whiskey flows down in Dixie
Down along the Dixie line
They pulled up the tracks now, I can't go back now
Can't hardly keep from crying
Oh do they miss me way down in Dixie
Down along the Dixie line

Verse 5

Can't you hear those drivers wail
Can't you see those bright rails shine
Wanna catch that fireball man
Leave the northland far behind…
SOLO and REPEAT CHORUS x3