The Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (v3)★
Difficulty: beginner Capo: None Tuning: E A D G B E (Standard)
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[INTRO]
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Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
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Till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.
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In the winter of sixty-five we were hungry, just barely alive.
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By May the tenth Richmond had fell it?s a time I remember oh so well.
[CHORUS]
C F C
The night they drove old Dixie down
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And the bells were ringing
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the people were singing
C F Dm F
They went la la la la la la la la la la la la la.
[BREAK]
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Back with my wife in Tennessee when one day she called to me
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Virgil, quick come see there goes Robert E. Lee!
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Now I don t mind chopping wood and I don't care if the money's no good.
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You take what you need and you leave the rest but they should never have taken the very best.
[CHORUS]
C F C
The night they drove old Dixie down
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And the bells were ringing
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the people were singing
C F Dm F
They went la la la la la la la la la la la la la.
[BREAK]
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Like my father before me I will work the land
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And like my brother above me who took a rebel stand
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He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave.
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I swear by the mud below my feet you can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.
[CHORUS]
C F C
The night they drove old Dixie down
F
And the bells were ringing
C F C
The night they drove old Dixie down
F
And all the people were singing
C F Dm F
They went la la la la la la la la la la la la la.
[BREAK]
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[CHORUS]
C F C
The night they drove old Dixie down
F
And the bells were ringing
C F C
The night they drove old Dixie down
F
And all the people were singing
C F Dm F
They went la la la la la la la la la la la la la.