I’ve seen the (A)bright lights of Mem phis

and the Com mo dore Ho tel.

And un der neath the street lamp

I met a South ern belle.

(A)Oh, she (D7)took me to the riv (A)er,

where she cast her spell,

and in the South ern moon light,

she sang her song so well.

(A)If (Bm)you (A)be my Dix ie chick en,

I’ll be your Ten nes see lamb,

and we can walk to geth er down in (A)Dix ie, yeah, land,

(A)down (Bm)in Dix ie, yeah, land.

Bo doh n doh doh doh oo.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.

Well,

we made all the hot spots.

My mon ey flowed like wine.

And that low down South ern whis key, yeah, be gan to fog my mind.

(A)And I (D)don’t re mem ber church bells or the mon ey I put down

on the white pick et fence and board walk

of the house at the edge of town.

(A)Oh, but (D)boy, do I re mem (A)ber

the strain of her re frain,

oh, and the nights we spent to geth er,

and the way she called my name.

(A)If (Bm)you doo doo doo doo doo doo.

Well, been a year since she ran a way.

Guess that gui tar play er sure could play.

She al ways liked to sing a long.

She’s al ways hand y with (A)a song.

And (D)then one night in the (A)lob by, yeah, of the Com mo dore Ho tel,

I chanced to meet a bar ten der

who said he knew her well.

And

(D)as he hand ed me (A)a drink,

he be gan to hum a song.

And all the boys there at the bar be gan to sing a long.

(A)If (Em7)you (A)be my Dix ie chick en,

I’ll be your Ten nes see lamb,

and we can walk to geth er down in (A)Dix ie, yeah, land,

(A)down (Bm)in Dix ie, yeah, land.

Bo doh n doh doh doh oo.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.