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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Dixie</h1>
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  16 <p>Trad.<br />
  17 Played by Bob Dylan and band in <em>Masked and Anonymous</em> (2003)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  22 <p>Someone, probably Dylan, plays the F (or something like it) in the
  23 refrain straight through the following D, and embellishes the
  24 following G with a C/g-G figure. The second time, the F is played
  25 right through the G as well. Economy of means, I think it's
  26 called...<br />
  27 The Csus4 in the last line of the refrain could just as well be played
  28 as an F (or for that matter, as a G &ndash; works just as well).</p>
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  32 <pre class="verse">
  33   C
  34 I wish I was in the land of cotton
  35 F
  36 Old times there are not forgotten
  37       C
  38 Look away, look away
  39       G         C
  40 Look away, Dixieland
  41
  42 In Dixieland where I was born,
  43 Early on one frosty morning
  44 Look away, Look away,
  45 Look away, Dixieland
  46 </pre>
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  48 <pre class="refrain">
  49   C             F       D     G
  50 I wish I was in Dixie, away, away
  51    C              F
  52 In Dixieland I'll take my stand
  53    C               G
  54 to live and die in Dixie,
  55  C     G     C        Csus4    C
  56 Away, away, away down south in Dixie
  57  C     G     C        Csus4    C
  58 Away, away, away down south in Dixie
  59 </pre>
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  61 <pre class="verse">
  62 [instr. verse]
  63
  64 In Dixieland where I was born,
  65 Early on one frosty morn
  66 Look away, Look away,
  67 Look away, Dixieland
  68 </pre>
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  71 I wish I was in Dixie, away, away
  72 In Dixieland I'll take my stand
  73 to live and die in Dixie,
  74 Away, away, away down south in Dixie
  75 Away, away, away down south in Dixie
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