The Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (v7)★
Difficulty: intermediate Capo: None Tuning: E A D G B E (Standard)
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The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (live version)
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Am C/G F Am Dm
Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
Am C/G F Am Dm
Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
Am F C/G Dm
In the winter of sixty-five we were hungry, just barely alive
Am F C/G Dm D
By May the tenth Richmond had fell it's a time I remember oh so well
[Chorus]
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing
C/G F D F
They went sha na na na na nah na na nana na na na na na
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
Am C/G F Am Dm
Back with my wife in Tennessee when one day she called to me
Am C/G F Am Dm
Said, Virgil, quick come see there goes Robert E. Lee
Am F C/G Dm
Now I don't mind chopping wood and I don't care if the money's no good
Am F
You take what you need and you leave the rest
C/G Dm D
But they should never have taken the very best
[Chorus]
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing
C/G F D F
They went sha na na na na nah na na nana na na na na na
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
Am C/G F Am Dm
Like my father before me I will work the land
Am C/G F Am Dm
And like my brother above me who took a rebel stand
Am F C/G Dm
He was just 18, proud and brave when a Yankee laid him in his grave
Am F
I swear by the mud below my feet
C/G Dm D
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
[Chorus]
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing
C/G F D F
They went sha na na na na nah na na nana na na na na na
[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing
C/G F D F
They went sha na na na na nah na na nana na na na na na
(repeat & fade)
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Am C/G F Am Dm
Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
Am C/G F Am Dm
Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
Am F C/G Dm
In the winter of sixty-five we were hungry, just barely alive
Am F C/G Dm D
By May the tenth Richmond had fell it's a time I remember oh so well
[Chorus]
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing
C/G F D F
They went sha na na na na nah na na nana na na na na na
[Interlude]
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B|---------------------------|
G|------0------------------0-|
D|---h2--------------0-2-3---|
A|-3-------3-------3---------|
E|---------------------------|
[Verse 2]
Am C/G F Am Dm
Back with my wife in Tennessee when one day she called to me
Am C/G F Am Dm
Said, Virgil, quick come see there goes Robert E. Lee
Am F C/G Dm
Now I don't mind chopping wood and I don't care if the money's no good
Am F
You take what you need and you leave the rest
C/G Dm D
But they should never have taken the very best
[Chorus]
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing
C/G F D F
They went sha na na na na nah na na nana na na na na na
[Interlude]
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B|-----------1-1--1-------------------------|
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A|-3------3--3-3--3---3------3----3---------|
E|------------------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
Am C/G F Am Dm
Like my father before me I will work the land
Am C/G F Am Dm
And like my brother above me who took a rebel stand
Am F C/G Dm
He was just 18, proud and brave when a Yankee laid him in his grave
Am F
I swear by the mud below my feet
C/G Dm D
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
[Chorus]
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing
C/G F D F
They went sha na na na na nah na na nana na na na na na
[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing
C/G F D F
They went sha na na na na nah na na nana na na na na na
(repeat & fade)
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