The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Band
Vi[F#m]rgil Caine [A]is the name and I served [D]on the Danville tra[Bm]in
Ti[F#m]ll Stoneman[A] s cavalry came and tore [D]up the tracks again[Bm].
[F#m]In the winter of s[D]ixty-five we were h[A]ungry, just bar[Bm]ely alive
[F#m]By May the tenth [D]Richmond had fell it?s a t[A]ime I reme[Bm]mber oh so we[B]ll.
Th[A]e night they dr[Dmaj7]ove old Dixie [A]down
And [Dmaj7]the bells were ringing
Th[A]e night they dr[Dmaj7]ove old Dixie do[A]wn
And the [Dmaj7]people were singing
They [A]went l[F#m]a la la[Esus4] la la la l[D]a la l[A]a la la la la.
Back with my wife in Tennessee when one day she called to me
Virgil, quick come see there goes Robert E. Lee!
Now I don t mind chopping wood and I don t care if the money s no good.
Just take what you need and leave the rest but they should never have taken the very best.
Like my father before me I will work the land
And 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.
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