Standard (EADGBE)

 If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie, I don't wanna go

 If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie, I'd just as soon stay home

I was one of the chosen few, to be born in Alabam'

 I'm just alike my daddy's son, I'm proud of who I am

 I went through a lot of good women, shook old Jim Beam's hand

 If I never see the pearly gates, I've walked through the promised land

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If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie, I don't wanna go

 If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie, I'd just as soon stay home

 If they don't have a Grand Ole Opry, like they do in Tennessee

 Just send me to hell or New York City, it would be about the same to me

I've got wild honey trees and crazy little weeds, growin' around my shack

 These dusty roads ain't streets of gold, but I'ma happy right where I'm

at

 All these pretty little southern belles are a country boy's dream

 They ain't got wings or halos, but they're sure looking good to me

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 If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie, I don't wanna go

 If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie, I«d just as soon stay home

(REAPETED)

 If they don't have a Grand Ole Opry, like they do in Tennessee

 Just send me to hell or New York City, it would be about the same to me