Dixie Be Damned chords by Nick Shoulders

• 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