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Is It True What They Say About Dixie

Words and Music by Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner, Gerald Marks - 1936

Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1936, played for 14 weeks.

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Am        D7	Am        D7	Am        D7	Am        D7
G6	Am        D	G	D+
Am        D7	Am        D7	Am        D7	Am        D7
F#m	C#7	F#	A7         D7
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
G	F#	G	-
G	F#	Am        E7	Am
-             Cm6	D7                 G+	Em	-
F#m Ab7  A9  A7	-	A7         Cm6	D+        G
G	F#	G	-
G	G7         G+	C6         B7	C6         G7
C6	Eb7	G           Bm  F7	E7         A7
A7	D7	G           (Bdim	A7    D7 repeat)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

Peo -ple brag Peo -ple boast And con -sist -ent -ly drink a toast

To a place that a lot of them place at the top of the list

Are they wrong? Are they right? Is there rea -son for their de -light?

I must live in doubt Till the day that I find out

 

Chorus:

Is it true what they say a -bout Dix -ie?

Does the sun real -ly shine all the time?

Do the sweet Mag -nol -ias blos -som at ev -'ry -bod -y's door?

Do folks keep eat -ing 'pos -sum, Till they can't eat no more?

Is it true what they say a -bout Swan -ee?

Is a dream by that stream so sub -lime?

Do they laugh, do they love, like they say in ev -'ry song?

If it's true, that's where I be -long.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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