Dixie Lullaby
Pat GreenVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
, , , x 2
My father had skin like leather
hands like steel
from a lifetime spent in the cotton fields
though hed come home tired and dirty
almost every night
he found the strength to smile at me and hold my mama tight
while that old transistor radio would play the Opry out in the hall
id sit and watch their shadows glide across the wall
and theyd dance to a Dixie lullaby
picture of love beneath the southern sky
oh my what a beautiful life
just like a Dixie lullaby
i left home at 18
in a hand me down Chevrolet
packed my mamas goodness and my old mans stubborn ways
it was college, work, and love
then the babies came
the youngest ones got his granddaddys name
and in the early morning hours when my children could not sleep.
Id rock them in my arms to a simple beat
and id sing them a Dixie lullaby
hush baby dont you start to cry
oh my what a beautiful life
just like a Dixie lullaby
my father was a mountain of a man
that was the description that I gave
the morning that we laid him in his grave
there with my mama by his side, we said our last goodbye
to a man we thought would never die
as I stood there in the fields of amazing grace
oh how the tears ran down my face.
and i sang him a Dixie lullaby
well meet again, by and by
oh my what a beautiful life
just like a Dixie lullaby
oh my what a beautiful life
just like a Dixie lullaby
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Readable chord sheet for Dixie Lullaby by Pat Green
[G], [C5], [Am7], [G] x 2 [G]My father had skin like leather [C]hands like steel [Am7]from a lifetime spent in the cotton fields [D] [G]though hed come home tired and dirty [C]almost every night [Am7]he found the strength to smile at me and hold my mama tight [D] [C]while that old transistor radio would play the Opry out in the hall[D] [C]id sit and watch their shadows glide across th[D]e wall and theyd dance to a Dixie lullaby[C] [G] picture of love b[C]eneath the southern sky [G] oh my what a[F] beautiful life [C] just like a Dixie[Am7] lullaby[G] i left home at 18 in a hand me down Chevrolet packed my mamas goodness and my old mans stubborn ways it was college, work, and love then the babies came the youngest ones got his granddaddys name and in the early morning hours when my children could not sleep. Id rock them in my arms to a simple beat and id sing them a Dixie lullaby hush baby dont you start to cry oh my what a beautiful life just like a Dixie lullaby my father was a mountain of a man that was the description that I gave the morning that we laid him in his grave there with my mama by his side, we said our last goodbye to a man we thought would never die as I stood there in the fields of amazing grace oh how the tears ran down my face. and i sang him a Dixie lullaby well meet again, by and by oh my what a beautiful life just like a Dixie lullaby oh my what a beautiful life just like a Dixie lullaby