The Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (v2)★
Difficulty: intermediate Capo: None Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – The Band
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Written by: Robbie Robertson
From: “The Band” (1969)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: soprano C
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Link 1 (to Verse 1]
C [ Am ]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|3---------------|0
E|0-------0-1---0-|0
C|0-----2---------|0
g|0-----------0---|2
Link 2 (end of Chorus 1 to Verse 2)
F C [ Am ]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A --|----3-----------|----------------|0
E –-|--3-0-----------|----------0-1-3-|0
C 0-/4---0-----------|--------2-------|0
g --|----0-----------|----------------|2
[Link 3] (end of Chorus 2 to Verse 3)
F C C F C [ Am ]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A --|----3-----3-----|0-------|----3-----------|----------------|0
E --|--3-0-----0-----|1-------|--3-0-----------|--------0-1-3---|0
C 0-/4---0-----0-----|0-----0-/4---0-----------|------2---------|0
g --|----0-----0-----|2-------|----0-----------|----------------|2
[Link 4] (end of Chorus 3 to Chorus 4)
F C G Bb F Ddim7 C D [ C ]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G --|----3-----------|2---2---1---1---|0---0---2---2---|3---3---0---2---|3
A --|--3-0-----------|3---3---1---1---|1---1---1---1---|0---0---2---2---|0
A 0-/4---0-----------|2---2---2---2---|0---0---2---2---|0---0---2---2---|0
B --|----0-----------|0---0---3---3---|2---2---1---1---|0---0---2---2---|0
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[Intro]
| C |
(Link 1)
[Verse 1]
Am C F C Dm
Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train
Am C F C Dm
'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
Am F C Dm
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
Am F C Dm D
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well
[Chorus 1]
C F C F
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
C F C F
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'
C Am Gsus4 F | C | % |
They went: Laah, la, la, laah, la, la La, la, la, la, laah, la, la, la [Link 2)
[Verse 2]
Am C F C Dm
Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me
Am C F C Dm
"Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E. Lee!"
Am F C Dm
Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good
Am F
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
C Dm D
But they should never have taken the very best
[Chorus 2]
C F C F
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
C F C F
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and all the people were singin'
C Am
They went: Laah, la, la, laah, la, la
2/4
Gsus4 F | C C | F | C | N.C. |
La, la, la, la, la, laah, la, la, la (Link 3)
[Verse 3]
Am C F C Dm
Like my father before me, I will work the land
Am C F C Dm
And like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
Am F C Dm
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
Am F
I swear by the mud below my feet
C Dm D
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
[Chorus 3]
C F C F
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
C F C F
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and all the people were singin'
C Am
They went: Laah, la, la, laah, la, la
Gsus4 F | C | G Bb | F Ddim7 | C D |
La, la, la, la, laah, la, la, La (Link 4)
[Chorus 4] (fade out)
C F C F
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringing
C F C F
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'
C Am Gsus4 F | C | % |
They went: Laah, la, la, laah, la, la La, la, la, la, laah, la, la, la [Link 2)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – The Band
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Written by: Robbie Robertson
From: “The Band” (1969)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: soprano C
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Link 1 (to Verse 1]
C [ Am ]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|3---------------|0
E|0-------0-1---0-|0
C|0-----2---------|0
g|0-----------0---|2
Link 2 (end of Chorus 1 to Verse 2)
F C [ Am ]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A --|----3-----------|----------------|0
E –-|--3-0-----------|----------0-1-3-|0
C 0-/4---0-----------|--------2-------|0
g --|----0-----------|----------------|2
[Link 3] (end of Chorus 2 to Verse 3)
F C C F C [ Am ]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A --|----3-----3-----|0-------|----3-----------|----------------|0
E --|--3-0-----0-----|1-------|--3-0-----------|--------0-1-3---|0
C 0-/4---0-----0-----|0-----0-/4---0-----------|------2---------|0
g --|----0-----0-----|2-------|----0-----------|----------------|2
[Link 4] (end of Chorus 3 to Chorus 4)
F C G Bb F Ddim7 C D [ C ]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G --|----3-----------|2---2---1---1---|0---0---2---2---|3---3---0---2---|3
A --|--3-0-----------|3---3---1---1---|1---1---1---1---|0---0---2---2---|0
A 0-/4---0-----------|2---2---2---2---|0---0---2---2---|0---0---2---2---|0
B --|----0-----------|0---0---3---3---|2---2---1---1---|0---0---2---2---|0
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[Intro]
| C |
(Link 1)
[Verse 1]
Am C F C Dm
Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train
Am C F C Dm
'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
Am F C Dm
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
Am F C Dm D
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well
[Chorus 1]
C F C F
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
C F C F
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'
C Am Gsus4 F | C | % |
They went: Laah, la, la, laah, la, la La, la, la, la, laah, la, la, la [Link 2)
[Verse 2]
Am C F C Dm
Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me
Am C F C Dm
"Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E. Lee!"
Am F C Dm
Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good
Am F
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
C Dm D
But they should never have taken the very best
[Chorus 2]
C F C F
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
C F C F
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and all the people were singin'
C Am
They went: Laah, la, la, laah, la, la
2/4
Gsus4 F | C C | F | C | N.C. |
La, la, la, la, la, laah, la, la, la (Link 3)
[Verse 3]
Am C F C Dm
Like my father before me, I will work the land
Am C F C Dm
And like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
Am F C Dm
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
Am F
I swear by the mud below my feet
C Dm D
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
[Chorus 3]
C F C F
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
C F C F
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and all the people were singin'
C Am
They went: Laah, la, la, laah, la, la
Gsus4 F | C | G Bb | F Ddim7 | C D |
La, la, la, la, laah, la, la, La (Link 4)
[Chorus 4] (fade out)
C F C F
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringing
C F C F
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'
C Am Gsus4 F | C | % |
They went: Laah, la, la, laah, la, la La, la, la, la, laah, la, la, la [Link 2)