DIXIE CANNONBALL
Written by Vaughn Horton
Key of E
Demo made by Hank Williams 1949
This is on the 10-CD box set.

(E) I'm a-headin' back to Dixie.
That's the (A) place I long to (E) be,
Where the (A) cotton grows and the (E) Swanee flows.
That's (F#7) home sweet home to (B7) me,
(E) Where they meet you and they greet you
With the (A) sweetest "how you all."
Well, (E) shut my mouth. I'm a-headin' south
On the (B7) Dixie Cannon- (E) ball.

CHORUS: (E) On the Dixie Cannonball,
On the (A) Dixie Cannonball,
Just (E) listen to the whistle.
It'll (F#7) thrill you one and (B7) all.
And I (E) know there's someone waitin'
With the (A) sweetest "how you all."
Well, (E) shut my mouth. I'm a-headin' south
On the (B7) Dixie Cannon- (E) ball.

(E) When I cross them Smokey Mountains,
I'll be (A) countin' every (E) mile.
When the (A) whistle blows, I'll be on my (E) toes,
And I'll (F#7) shuffle down the (B7) aisle.
And I (E) know I'll not be lonesome
when I (A) see them treetops tall.
I'm coming (E) through on the big choo-choo,
On the (B7) Dixie Cannon- (E) ball. CHORUS.

REPEAT FIRST VERSE.

Changed from all caps. --JoeClone, 21-Sep-02.