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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Intro
[C {sustain for 2 beats}, D, E, F, G]
Verse 1
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 Stoneman's Cavalry came and tore up the tracks a-gain
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, it's a time I re-member, 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 all the people were singing
C/G Am Gsus4 F
They went, "La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la"
Lead-in to verse 2
[C, E, G, C {sustain for six beats}, D, E, F, G]
Verse 2
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 the Robert E. Lee"
Am/E F C Dm
Now, I don't mind choppin' wood and I don't care if the money's 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
Repeat chorus
Lead-in to verse 3
[C, E, G, C] F, C, [C, E, G, C {sustain for 6 beats} C, E, F, G]
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)
Intro
[C {sustain for 2 beats}, D, E, F, G]
Verse 1
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 Stoneman's Cavalry came and tore up the tracks a-gain
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, it's a time I re-member, 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 all the people were singing
C/G Am Gsus4 F
They went, "La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la"
Lead-in to verse 2
[C, E, G, C {sustain for six beats}, D, E, F, G]
Verse 2
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 the Robert E. Lee"
Am/E F C Dm
Now, I don't mind choppin' wood and I don't care if the money's 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
Repeat chorus
Lead-in to verse 3
[C, E, G, C] F, C, [C, E, G, C {sustain for 6 beats} C, E, F, G]
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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