JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “Dixie Lily” merupakan salah satu lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh penyanyi legendaris asal Inggris, Elton John.
Diproduseri oleh Gus Dudgeon, lagu tersebut muncul dalam album studio kedelapan Elton yang bertajuk Caribou (1974).
Album tersebut berhasil mendapatkan nominasi Grammy Awards untuk kategori Album of the Year.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu All the Nasties - Elton John
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Dixie Lily” dari Elton John.
A Bm C#m D Eb
E A D
Showboat coming up the river
F#m E A
See her lanterns flicker in the gentle breeze
E A D
I can hear the crickets singing in the evening
F#m G D
Old Dixie Lily moving past the cypress trees
E A D
My little boat she rocks easy
F#m E A
I've been catching catfish in the creek all day
E A D
Oh and I've never seen ladies like those on the big boats
F#m G D
Must be fancy breeding lets you live that way
A D/A
Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady
A E
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun
A A/G D F
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing
Bm E A Bm C#m D Eb
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
E A D
Papa says that I'm a dreamer
F#m E A
Says them skeetas bit me one too many times
E A D
Oh but I never get lonesome living on the river
F#m G D
Watching old Lily leave the world behind
A D/A
Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady
A E
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun
A A/G D F
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing
Bm E A Bm C#m D Eb
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
E A D
F#m E A
E A D
F#m G D
A D/A
Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady
A E
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun
A A/G D F
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing
Bm E A Bm C#m D Eb
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run