Dixie Be Damned chords by Nick Shoulders
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Capo on 3rd
- Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Key: F
🎸 Intro:
G G D G D G D
G A7 D
🎸 Verse 1:
D
They told you ya built the levee
G D
And you’ve gotta keep the water out too
D
How much do you have in common with thems that direct you?
G D
Country clubs and plantations just won’t do
G A7 D
Dixie be damned: I believe in you
🎸 Verse 2:
D
You said them colors don’t run
G D
But by god I’ve watched them fade
D
Keep on whistling rich men’s songs til you’re seen on judgement day
G D
When you’re red in the face it makes us all blue
G A7 D
Dixie be damned: I believe in you
🎸 Verse 3:
D
I’ve been beaten by the bible belt
G D
I’ve been hainted by the holy ghost
D
Lord who preaches kindness has the flock I fear the most
G D
If you’re taught to love it means us freaks too
G A7 D
Dixie be damned: I believe in you
🎸 Interlude:
G D G D G D
G A7 D G D
G D G D
🎸 Verse 4:
D
A land cannot be conquered
G D
Even by slavery and genocide
D
Manifest destitution is the endgame of our pride
G D
To those who lost it all we owe at least the truth
G A7 D G D G D
Dixie be damned: I believe in you
🎸 Verse 5:
D
I don’t claim to be no savior
G D
And I do not sing to preach
D
Wouldn’t stick my neck out if better things were not in reach
G D
If you’d seen what I have you’d be pissed off too
G A7
Dixie be damned: I believe in you
🎸 Interlude:
G D G D G D
G A7 D G D
G D G D
🎸 Outro:
D
They told you ya built the levee
D
And you’ve gotta keep the water out too Published:
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