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n	1	Diggin Up Bones - Randy Travis	n	1	Dixie
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n	3	[Verse 1]	n	3	Verse 1:
	4	[C] Last [C] night I dug your picture out from my old dresser drawer		4	Oh, I [D] wish I was in the [D7] land of cotton,
	5	I set it on the table and I talked to it 'til four		5	[G] old times there are not forgotten,
	6	I read some old love letters right up 'til [F] the break of dawn		6	Look a[D]way, look a[D7-alt]way, look a[A7]way Dixie [D] Land.
	7	Yeah I've [C] been sittin' alone [G] diggin' up bones [C]		7	In Dixie’s Land, where [D7] I was born in, [G] early on one frosty mornin',
				8	Look a[D]way, look away, look a[A7]way Dixie [D] Land.
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n	9	[Verse 2]	n	10	\|Chorus:
	10	Then [C] I went through the jewelry and I found our wedding rings		11	\|I wish I [D7^2] was in [G] Dixie, Hoo[Em]ray! Hoo[E7]ray!
	11	I put mine on my finger and I gave yours a fling		12	\|In [D] Dixie Land I'll [G] take my stand to [D] live and die in [A7] Dixie.
	12	Across this lonely bedroom of our re[F]cent broken home		13	\|A[D]way, a[A7]way, a[D]way down south in Dixie.
	13	Yeah to[C]night I'm sitting alone [G] diggin' up bones [C]		14	\|Away, a[A7]way, a[D]way down south in [A7] Dix[D]ie
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n	15	\|[Chorus]	n	16	Verse 2:
	16	\|I'm diggin' up [C] bones, lI'm diggin' up bones		17	Ole [D] Missus marry "[D7] Will the weaver",
	17	\|Exhuming things that's better left alone [G]		18	[G] Willum was a gay deceiver
	18	\|I'm [C] resurrecting memories of a love [F] that's dead and gone		19	Look a[D]way, Look a[D7^2]way, Look a[A7]way, Dixie [D] Land
	19	\|Yeah tonight [C] I'm sittin' alone [G] diggin' up bones [C]		20	But when he put his [D7] arm around 'er, he [G] smiled fierce as a forty pounder,
				21	Look a[D]way! Look away! Look a[A7]way! Dixie [D] Land
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n	21	[Verse 3]	n	23	Chorus:
	22	And [C] I went through the closet and I found some things in there
	23	Like that pretty negligee that I bought you to wear
	24	And I recall how good you looked each time [F] you had it on
	25	Yeah tonight [C] I'm sittin' alone [G] diggin' up bones [C]
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n	27	[Chorus]	n	25	Verse 3:
				26	His [D] face was sharp as a [D7] butcher's cleaver,
				27	[G] but that did not seem to grieve 'er
				28	Look a[D]way, Look a[D7^2]way, Look a[A7]way, Dixie [D] Land
				29	Ole Missus acted the [D7] foolish part, [G] and died for a man that broke her heart
				30	Look a[D]way! Look away! Look a[A7]way! Dixie [D] Land
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n	29	[Bridge]	n	32	\|Chorus:
	30	[G] I'm [C] resurrecting memories of a love [F] that's dead and gone		33	\|I wish I [D7^2] was in [G] Dixie, Hoo[Em]ray! Hoo[E7]ray!
	31	Yeah tonight [C] I'm sittin' alone [G] diggin' up [C] bones		34	\|In [D] Dixie Land I'll [G] take my stand to [D] live and die in [A7] Dixie.
				35	\|A[D]way, a[A7]way, a[D]way down south in Dixie.
				36	\|Away, a[A7]way, a[D]way down south in [A7] Dix[D]ie
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n	33	[Chorus] x2	n	38	Verse 4:
	34	I'm diggin' up bones		39	Now [D] here's to the health to the [D7] next ole Missus,
	35	Exhuming things that's better left alone [G]		40	[G] an' all the gals that want to kiss us;
	36	I'm [C] resurrecting memories of a love [F] that's dead and gone		41	Look a[D]way! Look a[D7^2]way! Look a[A7]way! Dixie [D] Land
	37	Yeah tonight [C] I'm sittin' alone [G] diggin' up [C] bones		42	But if you want to [D7] drive 'way sorrow, [G] come and hear this song tomorrow
				43	Look a[D]way! Look away! Look a[A7]way! Dixie [D] Land
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t			t	45	Chorus:
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				47	Verse 5:
				48	There's [D] buckwheat cakes and [D7] Injun batter,
				49	[G] makes you fat or a little fatter
				50	Look a[D]way, Look a[D7^2]way, Look a[A7]way, Dixie [D] Land
				51	Then hoe it down and [D7] scratch your gravel, [G] to Dixie's Land I'm bound to travel,
				52	Look a[D]way! Look away! Look a[A7] way! Dixie [D] Land
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				54	\|Chorus:
				55	\|I wish I [D7^2] was in [G] Dixie, Hoo[Em]ray! Hoo[E7]ray!
				56	\|In [D] Dixie Land I'll [G] take my stand to [D] live and die in [A7] Dixie.
				57	\|A[D]way, a[A7]way, a[D]way down south in Dixie.
				58	\|Away, a[A7]way, a[D]way down south in [A7] Dix[D]ie

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