DIXIE LILY Year : 1974 Album : Caribou Writers : Elton John & Bernie Taupin Intro: | A | Bm7 | A/C# | Bm7/D B7/D# | E A D F#m E A Showboat coming up the river. See her lanterns flicker in the gentle breeze. E A D I can hear the crickets singing in the evening. F#m G D Old Dixie Lily moving past the cypress trees. E A D My little boat she rocks easy. F#m E A I've been catching catfish in the creek all day. E A D Oh and I've never seen ladies like those on the big boats. F#m G D Must be fancy breeding lets you live that way. CHORUS: A D/A Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady. A E7 * * D/F# - E7/G# Paddles hitting home in the noon-day sun. A A/G D/F# F Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing - B7 E7 A {Intro} Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run. E A D F#m E A Papa says that I'm a dreamer. Says them skeetas bit me one too many times. E A D Oh, but I never get lonesome living on the river. F#m G D Watching old Lily leave the world behind. {Repeat Chorus} CODA: A D B7 E7 A * D * E D A ...run. Oh, down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run. Chorded by David Bisese