THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
The Band

INTRO:
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VERSE 1:
Am     C/G                    F             F/E      Dm
Virgil Caine is my name and I served on the Danville train
Am              C/G              F           F/E     Dm
Till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
Am/E             F                  C            Dm
In the winter of sixty-five we were hungry, just barely alive
Am/E             F
By May the tenth Richmond had fell
         C        Dm           D
It was a time I remember oh so well

CHORUS:
    C/G        F               C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down
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And the bells were ringing
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The night they drove old Dixie down            e|-------------------------
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And the people were singing, They went         G|------0---------------0--
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Na la la la la na, la la na la la la la la la  A|-3------3----------------
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VERSE 2:
Am                   C/G        F           F/E       Dm
Back with my wife in Tennessee, one day she called to me
Am       C/G               F          F/E       Dm
"Virgil, quick!  Come see! There goes 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
You take what you need and you leave the rest
                C          Dm             D
But they should never have taken the very best

CHORUS:
    C/G        F               C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down
        F
And the bells were ringing
    C/G        F               C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down            e|-------------------------
        F                                      B|-------------------------
And the people were singing, They went         G|------0---------------0--
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Na la na la la na, la la na la la na la la la  A|-3------3-(x2)-----------
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VERSE 3:
Am               C/G      F      F/E      Dm
Like my father before me, I will work the land
Am                   C/G      F          F/E   Dm
And 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 can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat

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INTERLUDE:  Bm  Bb  F/A  Fm6/Ab  C/G  D7/F#

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