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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down William Ruhlmann
Intro
Verse 1
[Am] Virgil [C/G]Caine is the name and I s[F]erved on the[F/E] Danville[Dm] train
[Am] 'Til Stoneman's C[C/G]avalry came and [F]tore up the [F/E]tracks a-[Dm]gain
[Am/E] In the Winter of '[F]65, we were [C]hungry, [Dm]just barely alive
[Am/E] By May the tenth [F]Richmond had fell, it's a [C]time I re-[Dm]member, oh, so [D]well
Chorus
The [C/G]night they[Fmaj7] drove Old Dixie[C/G] down and the[Fmaj7] bells were ringing
The [C/G]night they[Fmaj7] drove Old Dix[C/G]ie down and a[Fmaj7]ll the people were singing
They went, [C/G]"La, la, la, [Am]la, la, la, la, [Gsus4]la, la, la, la, la, [F]la, la, la, la"
Lead-in to verse 2
Verse 2
[Am] Back with my wife in T[C]ennessee when [F]one day she[F/E] called to [Dm]me
[Am] "Virgil quick come [C]see, [F]there goes the [F/E]Robert E. [Dm]Lee"
[Am/E] Now, I don't mind [F]choppin' wood and I d[C]on't care if the m[Dm]oney's no good
[Am/E] Ya' take what ya' need and ya' [F]leave the rest
But they should [C]never have [Dm]taken the very [D]best
Repeat chorus
Lead-in to verse 3
Verse 3; repeat verse 2 chord progression
Like my father before me, I will work the land
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud below my feet
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
(Repeat chorus)
Lead-in to repeat chorus
(c, e, g, c) Bm, Bb, Am, Ab(b5), C/G, D/F#
(Repeat chorus)
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