The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Her[Am]e's a[F] song
that we had recorded
[G]on Capitol Records.
It's about the [C]American Civil War.
[Am]It was recorded by a group
[F]called The Band first,
and we [G]liked it real well,
so we recorded [C]it ourselves.
[Am]And the name of it[F] is entitled,
The Night They Drove Old [G]Dixie Down,
and it goes like this,
and we [C]hope you like [Am]it.[F][C][Am]
Virgil [C]Cain is the name
and I [F]served on the Danville [Dm]train
[Am]Held Stallman's [C]cavalry cane
and [F]tore up the tracks [Dm]again
[Am]In the winter of 6[F]5 we were hu[G]ngry
and [C]just [Dm]barely alive
[Am]By May 10th, R[F]ichmond had fell
It was [G]a time [C]I r[G]e[C]
[F]member oh so [Dm]well
The [Em]night [C]they dro[F]ve old Dixie dow[Em]n
And [C]all the [F]bells were ringing
The [G]night [C]they [F]drove old Dixie [Em]down
And all the [F]people were singing
And they went [Am]la la la la la[G] la,
la la la la [F]la la la la [C]la[F][C][G]
[Dm]Like[Em] my fa[Am]ther before me,[C]
[F]I'm a working [Dm]man
[Am]An d like my brother that lo[C]ved me,
[F]he took a rebel [Dm]stand
He was [Am]just 18, [F]proud and brave
But the [G]Yankees [C]drained him [Dm]in his grave
I [Am]swear by the blood below [F]my feet
They can't [G]make [C]a cane rise u[F]p
when he's in de[Dm]feat
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [Em]down
All the [F]bells were ringing
In the [G]night [C]they dro[F]ve old Dixie dow[Em]n
[C]All the [F]people were singing, they went
[Am]La la la la la[C] la
[G]La la la la la [F]la la la la

[Outro 1]
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