Dixie Lullaby Pat Green
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My father had sk[G]in like l[Am7]eather han[C]ds like [D]steel
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though hed com[G]e home tired and di[Am7]rty almost e[C]very ni[D]ght
he found the [C]strength to smile at me and h[G]old my mam[D]a tight
while that o[Am]ld transister radio would play the [Em]opry out in the hall
id sit and [C]watch their shadows glide across the wa[D]ll
And theyd dance to a dix[Am7]ie lu[D]llaby [G]
picture of l[Am7]ove beneath the [D]southern s[G]ky
oh my [F]what a [C]beautiful [G]life, just like a [Am7]dixie [D]lullaby [G]
Verse Two:
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 grandaddy''s name
and in the early morning hours when my children could not sleep.
i''d 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
Verse Three:
my father was a mountain of a man
that was the descr i ption 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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