Dixie Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays711

Dixie by Bob Dylan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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INTRO 
| C | % | F | % |  
| C | % | G | C | 

  C     
I wish I was in the land of cotton 
F 
Old times there are not forgotten, 
      C                     G          C 
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land 

   C     
In Dixie Land where I was born  
F 
Early on a frosty mornin', 
      C                     G          C 
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land 

  C             F         D       G 
I wish I was in Dixie, hooray! hooray! 
   C               F 
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand  
   C               G 
To live and die in Dixie, 
 C     G     C        G        C 
Away, away, away down South in Dixie, 
 C     G     C        G        C 
Away, away, away down South in Dixie 

INTERLUDE 
| C | % | F | % |  
| C | % | G | C | 

   C     
In Dixie Land where I was born  
F 
Early on a frosty morn 
      C                     G          C 
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land 

  C             F       D     G 
I wish I was in Dixie, away! away! 
   C               F 
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand  
   C               G 
To live and die in Dixie, 
 C     G     C        G        C 
Away, away, away down South in Dixie, 
 C     G     C        G        C 
Away, away, away down South in Dixie 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante