An American Trilogy

 

    Standard tuning.

 

    C                              C/E

    Oh I wish I was in the land of cotton

    F                          F#dim

    Old things they are not forgotten

          C          Am        G         C    Csus4    C

    Look away, look away, look away Dixieland

 

          C             F       D     G

    Oh I wish I was in Dixie, away, away

       C           F                C               G       C

    In Dixieland I take my stand to live and die in Dixie

          C        C/E

    Cause Dixieland, that's where I was born

    F              F#dim

    Early Lord one frosty morning

         C          Am          G        C

    Look away, look away, look away Dixieland

 

     C                        C  C/E  F

    Glory, glory hallelujah

    F                 C

    Glory, glory hallelujah

    C    E7           Am      F

    Glory, glory hallelu------jah

        Dm       G        Am    F     C

    His truth is marching on

 

        C

    So hush little baby

              Gm

    Don't you cry

        C                Am        F

    You know your daddy's bound to die

        C       Am        Dm                G       C

    But all            my trials, Lord will soon be over

 

    Solo:  C   C7   F

           C                        C  C/E  F       C

 

     C    E7           Am      F

    Glory, glory hallelu------jah

        Dm       G        Am    F

    His truth is marching on

        Dm       G        C

    His truth is marching on

  

 

      F#dim     C       C/E

    e --2--   -----    -----

    B --1--   --1--    --1--

    G --2--   --0--    --0--

    D --1--   --2--    --2--

    A -----   --3--    --3--

    E -----   --3--    --0--