Back Home To Dixie Chords - Adam Smith

Intro

C G F C

Verse 1

C G F C Ol' Marse Robert done told me to get my gun C G Am F Gonna get em out the south land, we gonna make em run C G F It's been two years since that day F G G7 I sure thought it would be a quick one but it didnt turn out that way

Verse 2

C G F I smell the blood and the honeysuckle on the wind C G Am F Holding the hand of another soon-to-be-dead friend C G F A single tear comes to his eyes F G And as we reminisce about his momma I asked Lord, Why?, Why oh Why?

Verse 3

C G F Take him on back home to Dixie C G F Just get him out of this wretched place C G F Just take him on back home to Dixie C G F C G F C Let his momma see that shining southern face

Verse 4

C G F They got me sitting on the river bank shore C G Am F In just a few short months I done killed me twenty or more C G F Sherman wouldn't be too happy with me F G G7 And as Atlanta sits in ashes I wonder, how worse could it be?

Verse 5

C G F Take me on back home to Dixie C G F Just get me out of this wretched place C G F Just take me on back home to Dixie C G F I just wanna see her shining Southern face

Bridge

Am G F G I remember when I was young Am G F G I could still hold my Daddy's hand Am G F Looking out my back door G G7 He said, "this is your land...... son this is your land"

Instr

C G F 3x C G F C C G F C

Verse 6

C G F I met my maker at the break of dawn, Well i was C G Am F thinking bout my kids and I didnt hear his one bullet song C G F The rustle of the leaves underneath my blood-stained hands F G G7 And as I gasp for one last breath I wonder, what kind of man I am?

Verse 7

C G F Take me on back home to Dixie C G F Just get me out of this wretched place C G F Just take me on back home to Dixie C G F I just wanna see her smiling Southern face

Outro

C G F Lying face up looking at the amber sky C G F One last thought of her.....before i die