The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

{t:The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down}
{st:Robbie Robertson (the Band)}


|        [Am]   [C]   [F]   [G]   [C]   [G]

[Am]Virgil [C]Caine is the name and 
I [F]served on the [Am]Danville [Dm]Train
[Am]‘Til Stoneman’s [C]cavalry came and 
they [F]tore up the [Am]tracks a-[Dm]gain
[Am]In the winter of [F]’65, 
we were [C]hungry, just [Dm]barely alive
[Am]By May tenth, [F]Richmond had fell, 
It’s a [C]time I re-[Dm]member oh so [D]well [D]


{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down, 
when all the [F]bells were ringin’
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down, 
and all the [F]people were singin’
They went [C]na…na na na [Am]na na na na…
[D]na na na na na [F]na na na na na [F]   [G]
{eoc}


[Am]Back with my wife in [C]Tennessee, 
when [F]one day she [Am]called to [Dm]me 
[Am]Said “Virgil, [C]quick come and see, 
[F]there goes the [Am]Robert E. [Dm]Lee!”
Now [Am]I don’t mind [F]choppin’ wood, and 
I [C]don’t care if the [Dm]money’s no good
Ya [Am]take what ya need and ya [F]leave the rest, 
but they should [C]never have [Dm]taken the very [D]best [D]


{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down, 
when all the [F]bells were ringin’
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down, 
and all the [F]people were singin’
They went [C]na…na na na [Am]na na na na…
[D]na na na na na [F]na na na na na [F]   [G]
{eoc}


[Am]Like my father be-[C]fore me,
[F]I will [Am]work the [Dm]land
[Am]And like my brother a-[C]bove me, 
[F]I took a [Am]rebel [Dm]stand
He was [Am]just 18, [F]proud and brave, 
but a [C]Yankee laid him [Dm]in his grave
I [Am]swear by the blood be-[F]low my feet, 
you can’t [C]raise a Caine back [Dm]up when he’s in de-[D]feat [D]


{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down, 
when all the [F]bells were ringin’
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down, 
and all the [F]people were singin’
They went [C]na…na na na [Am]na na na na…
[D]na na na na na [F]na na na na na [F]   [G]
{eoc}


{c:Final Chorus:}
{soc}
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down, 
when all the [F]bells were ringin’
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down, 
and all the [F]people were singin’
They went [C]na…na na na [Am]na na na na…
[D]na na na na na [F]na na na na na [F]   [G]   [C]
{eoc}



{t:The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down}