Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriting partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date. In his five-decade career Elton John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive No.
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A simple and not so well-known song from this brilliant artist...
Chords:
C#m - x46654 D - xx0232 Eb - xx5343 E - 022100 F - 133211 F#m - 244222 G - 320033 or 355433 A - x02220 Bm - x24432
The stuff:
A, Bm, C#m, D, Eb
EAD Showboat coming up the river F#mEA See her lanterns flicker in the gentle breeze EAD I can hear the crickets singing in the evening F#mGD Old Dixie Lily moving past the cypress trees
EAD My little boat she rocks easy F#mEA I've been catching catfish in the creek all day EAD Oh and I've never seen ladies like those on the big boats F#mGD 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 AGF#mF Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing F#mEABmC#mDEb Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
EAD Papa says that I'm a dreamer F#mEA Says them skeetas bit me one too many times EAD Oh but I never get lonesome living on the river F#mGD Watching old Lily leave the world behind
AD Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady AE Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun AGF#mF Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing F#mEABmC#mDEb Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
E, A, D F#m, E, A E, A, D F#m, G, D
AD Oooh, Dixie Lily, chugging like a grand old lady AE Paddles hitting home in the noonday sun AGF#mF Ploughing through the water with your whistles blowing F#mEAD Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run, oooh F#mEADEDA Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run
And that's the whole thing... I guess it's right... Any doubt, email-me... [email protected] See ya...