My Dixie Darling Chords

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My Dixie Darling by Lonnie Donegan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
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Intro: 
E  B7 
E  B7   E 


N.C. 
My Dixie  
E 
darlin', listen to the song I sing 
                    B7           A              E 
Beneath the silvery moon, with a banjo right in tune 
  E 
I love no one but you, my heart is always true,  
         B7                E  
My Dixie darlin', my Dixie Belle 

verse 1 
       E 
Well I just got back from out of town 
E 
I've been ramblin' round and round 
B7 
I've met lots of southern belles 
E 
But I've no romance to tell 
E 
I've been as true as true can be 
E 
I'll swear that on my bended knee 
B7 
There is no one half as swell 
B7          E 
As my Dixie Belle 

 
N.C. 
My Dixie  
E 
darlin', listen to the song I sing 
                    B7           A              E 
Beneath the silvery moon, with a banjo right in tune 
  E 
I love no one but you, my heart is always true,  
         B7                E  
My Dixie darlin', my Dixie Belle 

verse 2 
E 
I like whiskey  I like gin 
E 
I like the horses when they win 
B7 
Gamblin' at Kentucky races 
E 
I meet lots of pretty faces 
E 
But theres one thing I will bet 
   E 
My Dixie Belle is the prettiest yet 
B7 
There is no one half as swell 
B7 
As my Dixie .. 


N.C. 
My Dixie  
E 
darlin', listen to the song I sing 
  B7                             A              E 
Beneath the silvery moon, with a banjo right in tune 
  E 
I love no one but you, my heart is always true,  
         B7                E  
My Dixie darlin', my Dixie Belle 

Instrumental: E B7 E B7  E 


N.C. 
My Dixie  
E 
darlin', listen to the song I sing 
  B7                             A              E 
Beneath the silvery moon, with a banjo right in tune 
  E 
I love no one but you, my heart is always true,  
         B7                E  
My Dixie darlin', my Dixie Belle 

verse 3 
E 
I'm gonna marry settle down 
E 
Settle down in a Southern town 
B7 
Buy myself a small homestead 
E 
Bloom in peace until I'm dead 
E 
There is no one half as swell 
E 
Listen here I will tell 
B7 
There is no one half as grand 
B7 
As my Dixie .. 

Outro 
N.C. 
My Dixie  
E 
darlin', listen to the song I sing 
  B7                             A              E 
Beneath the silvery moon, with a banjo right in tune 
  E 
I love no one but you, my heart is always true,  
         B7                E  
My Dixie darlin', my Dixie Belle 
         B7                E          B7 E  
My Dixie darlin', my Dixie Belle 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante