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Dixie moonlight, Swanee shore 
Bb7    Gm        F#7    F7                                                     
Headed homebound just once more 
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To my Mississippi delta home 
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Southland has that grand garden spot 
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Although you believe or not 


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Gm            F#7        F7                                                      
I hear those breeze a-whispering: 
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"Come on back to me" 
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Muddy water 'round my feet 
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Muddy water in the street 
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Just God don't shelter 
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Down on the delta 
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Muddy water in my shoes 
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Reeling and rocking to them lowdown blues 
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They live in ease and comfort down there I do declare 
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Been away a year today 
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To wander and roam 
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I don't care it's muddy there 
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But see it is my home 


Outro 

Bb7                Eb7                                 
Got my toes turned Dixie way 
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'Round the delta let me lay 
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My heart cries out for muddy water