A
Bm7
A/C#
D
D#b5
E
Showboat coming up the
A
river
D
See her
F#m
lanterns flicker
E
in the gentle
A
breeze
E
I can hear the crickets singing in the
A
evening
D
Old
F#m
Dixie Lily
G
moving past the
D
cypress
trees
My little boat she rocks easy
I’ve been catching catfish in the creek all day
Oh and I’ve never seen ladies like those on the big boats
Must be fancy breeding lets you live that way
A
Dixie Lily, chugging like a
D
grand old lady
A
Paddles hitting home in the noonday
E
sun
A
Ploughing through the
A7
water
D/F#
with your whistles
F
blowing
B
Down from Louisi
E
ana on the Vicksburg
A
run
Bm7
A/C#
D
D#b5
Papa says that I’m a dreamer
Says them skeetas bit me one too many times
Oh but I never get lonesome living on the river
Watching old Lily leave the world behind
