The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

C am c/g f f/e dm
Virgil caine is the name, and I served on the danville train,

Am c/g f f/e dm
til stonemans cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.

Am/e f c dm
In the winter of 65, we were hungry, just barely alive.

Am/e f c dm d
By may the tenth, richmond had fell, its a time I remember, oh so well,

(chorus)

C/g fmaj7 c/g fmaj7
The night they drove 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 gsus4 f c
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,

Am c f f/e dm
Back with my wife in tennessee, when one day she called to me,

Am c f f/e dm
Virgil, quick, come see, there goes robert e. lee!

Am/e f c dm
Now I dont mind choppin wood, and I dont care if the moneys no good.

Am/e f
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest,

C dm d
But they should never have taken the very best. (chorus)

Am c f f/e dm
Like my father before me, I will work the land,

Am c f f/e dm
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand.

Am/e f c dm
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a yankee laid him in his grave,

Am/e f
I swear by the mud below my feet,

C dm d
You cant raise a caine back up when hes in defeat.
C am c/g f f/e dm
Virgil caine is the name, and I served on the danville train,

Am c/g f f/e dm
til stonemans cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.

Am/e f c dm
In the winter of 65, we were hungry, just barely alive.

Am/e f c dm d
By may the tenth, richmond had fell, its a time I remember, oh so well,

(chorus)

C/g fmaj7 c/g fmaj7
The night they drove 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 gsus4 f c
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,

Am c f f/e dm
Back with my wife in tennessee, when one day she called to me,

Am c f f/e dm
Virgil, quick, come see, there goes robert e. lee!

Am/e f c dm
Now I dont mind choppin wood, and I dont care if the moneys no good.

Am/e f
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest,

C dm d
But they should never have taken the very best. (chorus)

Am c f f/e dm
Like my father before me, I will work the land,

Am c f f/e dm
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand.

Am/e f c dm
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a yankee laid him in his grave,

Am/e f
I swear by the mud below my feet,

C dm d
You cant raise a caine back up when hes in defeat.
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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