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American Trilogy
Mickey Newbury
The song is a potpourri of three songs put together by Mickey Newbury and made famous by Elvis Presly.
Modified 03.09.2019
Part A-1
Oh I
C
wish I was
wish I was
C/E
in the land of cotton
in the land of cotton
F
Old things they are
Old things they are
F#dim
not forgotten
not forgotten
Look a
C
way, look a
way, look a
Am
way, look a
way, look a
G
way Dixie
way Dixie
C
land
land
Part B-1
Oh I
C
wish I
wish I
C/E
was in
was in
F
Dixie, a
Dixie, a
D
way, a
way, a
G
way
way
In
C
Dixie
Dixie
C/E
land I
land I
F
take my stand to
take my stand to
C
live and die in
live and die in
G
Dixie
Dixie
G
Part A-2
Cause
C
Dixieland, that's where
Dixieland, that's where
C/E
I was born
I was born
F
Early Lord one
Early Lord one
F#dim
frosty morning
frosty morning
Look a
C
way, look a
way, look a
Am
way, look a
way, look a
G
way Dixie
way Dixie
C
land
land
Part C-1
C
Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
C7/E
F
Glory, glory halle
Glory, glory halle
C
lujah
lujah
C
Glory,
Glory,
E7
glory halle
glory halle
Am
lu
lu
F
jah
jah
His
Dm
truth is
truth is
G
marching
marching
Am
on
on
F
Dm
G
C
Part D-1
C
So hush little baby
So hush little baby
Don't you
Gm
cry...
cry...
You
C
know your daddy's
know your daddy's
Am
bound to
bound to
F
die
die
But
C
a
a
Am
ll my
ll my
Dm
trials, Lord will
trials, Lord will
G
soon be
soon be
C
over
over
Instrumental
C/E
F
F#dim
C
Am
G
C
....
....
F
C
Part E
C
Glory,
Glory,
E7
glory halle
glory halle
Am
lu
lu
F
jah
jah
His
Dm
truth is
truth is
G
marching
marching
Am
on
on
F
His
Dm
truth is
truth is
G
marching
marching
C
on.
on.