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	C	Am	C/G	F	F/E	Dm
		Virgil	Caine is the name, and I serve	d on th	e Danvill	e train,

	Am	C/G	F	F/E	Dm
	'Til Stoneman'	s Calvery came an	d tore up th	e tracks	again.

	Am/E	F	C	Dm
	In the winter o	f '65, We wer	e hungry, jus	t barely alive.

	Am/E	F	C	Dm	D
	By May the tenth	, Richmond had fell, it's a ti	me I	remember, oh s	o well,

Chorus

	C/G	Fmaj7	C/G	Fmaj7
The	Night They Dr	ove Old Dixie	Down, and the	bells were ringing,

	C/G	Fmaj7	C/G	Fmaj7
The	Night They	Drove Old Dixie	Down, and the	people were singin'. They went

	C/G	Am	D/F#	F
	Na, Na, Na,	Na, Na, Na,	Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na,	Na, Na,

	Am	C	F	F/E	Dm
	Back with my wife i	n Tennessee, Whe	n one day sh	e called t	o me,

	Am	C	F	F/E	Dm
	"Virgil	, quick, come see	, there goe	s Robert E	. Lee!"

	Am/E	F	C	Dm
	Now I don't min	d choppin' wood, and	I don't care if th	e money's no good.

	Am/E	F
	Ya take what ya need and y	a leave the rest,

	C	Dm	D
But the	y never should hav	e taken the ver	y best. (Chorus)

	Am	C	F	F/E	Dm
	Like my father	before me	, I wil	l work th	e land,

	Am	C	F	F/E	Dm
	Like my brothe	r above me	, who took	a rebe	l stand.

	Am/E	F	C	Dm
	He was just eighteen	, proud and brave,	But a Yankee laid hi	m in his grave,

	Am/E	F
	I swear by the mud	below my feet,

	C	Dm	D
Yo	u can't raise a Caine bac	k up when he's in	defeat. (Chorus and fade)

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THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN

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