Intro: | D | A | Bm A | G | C G
D
Mt Cheaha is my Everest and the
A
Coosa is my Nile
Bm A
Alabama’s where I was born and
G
raised I think I’ll stay a while
D A
We sing about sweet home and Dixie
Land Delight
Bm A
We tell stories about what goes on
G
in Montgomery at midnight
Bm A
Cause music row ain’t only in
G A
Tennessee, Won’t you bury me in
D A
dixie beneath these Alabama pines.
Bm
Take me to Tuscaloosa plant me under
A G
the fifty yard line.
D
Put me in an old truck Ford or
A
Chevrolet
Bm
Drive me down to Guntersville and
A G
park me by the lake.
Bm A
Take me to Toomer’s Corner put me
G
under an oak tree.
Bm A
Give ‘em toilet paper ’til they
G
mummify me
A
I’ll rest in peace if they bury me
D A Bm A G
in Dixie
D A
Well lay me by daddy and my grandpa
just the same
Bm
I want every headstone
A G
next to me to read my last name
D
Take me back to Jacksonville Drive
A
me up mountain Street
Bm A
Lead me in to ole Paul Snow and show
me to my seat.
Bm A
When God decides it’s time for us to
G
meet
A D
Won’t you bury me in dixie where
A Bm
hard work is a plow I wish Robert E.
A G
Lee could come back and take a bow
D
Or take me to the Flora-Bama, set me
A
up at the mullet toss
Bm A
Everybody, drinks on me and I don’t
G
care what it cost
Bm A
Or take me to Talladega spread my
G
ashes in turn three
Bm A G
Paint my casket black with a big ass
number three
A
I’ll rest in peace if they bury me
D
in Dixie
Bm A G
Well God Bless Alabama from Sea to
Tennessee
A
I’ll rest in peace if they bury me
D
in Dixie
D
Mt Cheaha is my Everest and the
A
Coosa is my Nile
Bm A
Alabama’s where I was born and
G
raised I think I’ll stay a while
D A
We sing about sweet home and Dixie
Land Delight
Bm A
We tell stories about what goes on
G
in Montgomery at midnight
Bm A
Cause music row ain’t only in
G A
Tennessee, Won’t you bury me in
D A
dixie beneath these Alabama pines.
Bm
Take me to Tuscaloosa plant me under
A G
the fifty yard line.
D
Put me in an old truck Ford or
A
Chevrolet
Bm
Drive me down to Guntersville and
A G
park me by the lake.
Bm A
Take me to Toomer’s Corner put me
G
under an oak tree.
Bm A
Give ‘em toilet paper ’til they
G
mummify me
A
I’ll rest in peace if they bury me
D A Bm A G
in Dixie
D A
Well lay me by daddy and my grandpa
just the same
Bm
I want every headstone
A G
next to me to read my last name
D
Take me back to Jacksonville Drive
A
me up mountain Street
Bm A
Lead me in to ole Paul Snow and show
me to my seat.
Bm A
When God decides it’s time for us to
G
meet
A D
Won’t you bury me in dixie where
A Bm
hard work is a plow I wish Robert E.
A G
Lee could come back and take a bow
D
Or take me to the Flora-Bama, set me
A
up at the mullet toss
Bm A
Everybody, drinks on me and I don’t
G
care what it cost
Bm A
Or take me to Talladega spread my
G
ashes in turn three
Bm A G
Paint my casket black with a big ass
number three
A
I’ll rest in peace if they bury me
D
in Dixie
Bm A G
Well God Bless Alabama from Sea to
Tennessee
A
I’ll rest in peace if they bury me
D
in Dixie
