A, Bm, C#m, D, EbEAD
Showboat coming up the river
GbmEA
See her lanterns flicker in the gentle breeze
EAD
I can hear the crickets singing in the evening
GbmGD
Old Dixie Lily moving past the cypress trees
EAD
My little boat she rocks easy
GbmEA
I've been catching catfish in the creek all day
EAD
Oh and I've never seen ladies like those on the big boats
GbmGD
Must be fancy breeding lets you live that way
AD
Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady
AE
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun
AGGbmF
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing
GbmEABmDbmDEb
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
EAD
Papa says that I'm a dreamer
GbmEA
Says them skeetas bit me one too many times
EAD
Oh but I never get lonesome living on the river
GbmGD
Watching old Lily leave the world behind
AD
Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady
AE
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun
AGGbmF
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing
GbmEABmDbmDEb
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
E, A, D
F#m, E, A
E, A, D
F#m, G, DAD
Oooh, Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady
AE
Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun
AGGbmF
Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing
GbmEAD
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run, oooh
GbmEADEDA
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.