The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Band
THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - Robbie Robertson
CAPO 1st FRET
[Am]Virgil [C/G]Cain is the name and I [F]served on the Danville [Am]train
[C/G]Till Stoneman's [Am]cavalry came and [F]tore up the tracks a-[Am]gain
[F]In the winter of [C]sixty-five, we were [Am]hungry, just [F]barely alive
By [Am]May the tenth, [F]Richmond had fell
It was a [C]time I re-[Am]member all so [D]well
CHORUS
The [C/G]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C/G]down
And all the [Am]bells were ringing
The [C/G]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C/G]down
And all the [Am]people were singing. They went...
[C/G]Na na na [Am]na na na, [D]na na na na na [F]na na na na
[Am]Back with my wife in [C/G]Tennessee when [F]one day she called to [Am]me
[C/G]"Virgil, [Am]quick come see! [F]There goes Robert E. [Am]Lee"
Now, [F]I don't mind [C]choppin' wood and I [Am]don't care if the [F]money's no good
You [Am]take what you need and you [F]leave the rest
But they should [C]never have [Am]taken the very [D]best
(REPEAT CHORUS)
[Am]Like my father be-[C/G]fore me, [F]I will work the [Am]land
[C/G]And like my [Am]brother above me, [F]who took a rebel [Am]stand
He was [F]just eighteen, [C]proud and brave
But a [Am]Yankee laid him [F]in his grave
I [Am]swear by the mud be-[F]low my feet
You can't [C]raise a Cain back [Am]up when he's in de-[D]feat
(REPEAT CHORUS)
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