Key: A
Introduction:
A D A
Well the mansion where the General used to live is burning down
E
Cottonfields are blue, with Sherman's troops
A D A
I overheard a Yankee say yesterday Nashville fell
E A
So I'm on my way, to join the fight General Lee might need my help.
D
But look away, look away Dixie, I don't want them to see
A E A
What they're doing to my Dixie, God Bless Robert E. Lee.
A D A
Sherman's troops, burned Atlanta, and the flames lit up the sky
E A
And those of us who survived it, are watchin' my Dixie die.
D A
But today, at Appamattox, General Lee sat down
E A
And surrended to the Yankees and Ulysses S. Grant.
D
So look away look away Dixie, I don't want them to see
A E A
What they're doing to my Dixie, God Bless Robert E. Lee.
A D A
I won't ever stop loving you my Dixie, till they put me in the ground
E A
And the last words they probably hear from me are God Bless Robert E. Lee
Riff: (Slowly, let ring)