The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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[Verse 1]
[C][Piano]
[Am]Virgil Caine[C] is the name
And I [F]served on the [Am]Danville [Dm]train
[Am]'Til Stoneman's cava[C]lry came
And [F]tore up the [Am]tracks a[Dm]gain

[Pre-chorus 1]
[Am]In the winter of '65, [F]we were hung[C]ry,
just [Dm]barely alive
[Am]By May the tenth, Rich[F]mond had fell
It's a [C]time I re[Dm]member, oh so [D]well

[Chorus 1]
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down
And the [F]bells were ringing
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down
And the [F]people were singing
They [C]went, "Na, la, la, [Am]la, na, na
[G]La la, na, na, la, [F]la, la, la, la"
[C][C]

[Verse 2]
[Am]Back with my wife in [C]Tennessee
When [F]one day she [Am]called to [Dm]me
[Am]"Virgil, quick[C], come see
[F]There goes the [Am]Robert E. [Dm]Lee"

[Pre-chorus 2]
Now [Am]I don't mind cho[F]ppin' wood
And I [C]don't care if the [Dm]money's no good
You [Am]take what you need
and you [F]leave the rest
But they should [C]never have
[Dm]taken the very [D]best

[Chorus 2]
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down
And the [F]bells were ringing
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down
And all the [F]people were singing
They [C]went, "Na, la, la, [Am]la, na, na
[G]La la, na, na, la, [F]la, la, la, la"
[C][F][C][C]

[Verse 3]
[Am]Like my father before [C]me
[F]I will w[Am]ork the l[Dm]and
[Am]And like my brother above [C]me
[F]Who took a reb[Am]el sta[Dm]nd

[Pre-chorus 3]
He was [Am]just eighteen, [F]proud and brave
But a [C]Yankee laid him [Dm]in his grave
I [Am]swear by the mud be[F]low my feet
You can't [C]raise a Caine back [Dm]up
when he's in de[D]feat

[Chorus 3]
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down
And the [F]bells were ringing
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down
And all the [F]people were singing
They [C]went, "Na, la, la, [Am]la, na, na
[G]La la, na, na, la, [F]la, la, la, la"
[C][Bm][Bb]
[F][Fm][C][D]

[Chorus 4]
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down
And all the [F]bells were ringing
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down
And the [F]people were singing
They [C]went, "Na, la, la, [Am]la, na, na
[G]La la, na, na, la, [F]la, la, la, la"
[C]
[Fade out]