A                       D             A
Well the mansion where the General used to live is burning down 
                              E
Cottonfields are blue, with Sherman's troops 
  A               D        A
I overheard a Yankee say yesterday Nashville fell 
                                     E             A
So I'm on my way, to join the fight General Lee might need my help. 
                     D
But look away, look away Dixie, I don't want them to see 
                  A     E              A
What they're doing to my Dixie, God Bless Robert E. Lee. 
 
Riff: 
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A|---0-0-0-2-4------------4-- 
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A                         D              A
Sherman's troops, burned Atlanta, and the flames lit up the sky 
                    E            A
And those of us who survived it, are watchin' my Dixie die. 
                 D         A
But today, at Appamattox, General Lee sat down 
                E    A
And surrended to the Yankees and Ulysses S. Grant. 
              D
So look away look away Dixie, I don't want them to see 
             A     E                   A
What they're doing to my Dixie, God Bless Robert E. Lee. 
 
Riff: 
 
A                               D               A
I won't ever stop loving you my Dixie, till they put me in the ground 
                               E                   A
And the last words they probably hear from me are God Bless Robert E. Lee 
 
Riff: (Slowly, let ring)