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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Band - Guitar Chords

Artist The Band How to play the guitar chord Am.jpg How to play the guitar chord F.jpg How to play the guitar chord Em.jpg How to play the guitar chord Dm.jpg How to play the guitar chord C.jpg How to play the guitar chord D.jpg

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            [INTRO]
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B|------------------------|
G|--------------------0-2-|
D|--------------0-2-3-----|
A|--3~~~~~~~--------------|
E|------------------------|

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

[CHORUS]
C              F               C
The night they drove old Dixie down
        F
And the bells were ringing
    C          F               C
The night they drove old Dixie down
            F  
And all the people were singing
         C         F        Dm       F           
They went la la la la la la la la la la la la la.

[BREAK]
e|------------------------------|
B|-------1----------------------|
G|--------------------------0-2-|
D|---0-2----2---------0-2-3-----|
A|-3--------3~~~~~~~------------|
E|------------------------------|

Am                   C/G            F           Em        Dm
Back with my wife in Tennessee when one day she called to me
Am      C/G            F          Em        Dm      
Virgil, quick come see there goes Robert E. Lee!
    Em           F                   C                 Dm         
Now I don t mind chopping wood and I don't care if the money's no good.
    Em                         F                              C          Dm             D   
You take what you need and you leave the rest but they should never have taken the very best.

[CHORUS]
C              F               C
The night they drove old Dixie down
        F
And the bells were ringing
    C          F               C
The night they drove old Dixie down
            F  
And all the people were singing
         C         F        Dm       F           
They went la la la la la la la la la la la la la.

[BREAK]
e|--------------------------1--------------------------------------|
B|-------1----------1-------1-------------1------------------------|
G|------------------0-------2----------------------------------0-2-|
D|---0-2----2-------2-------3---------0-2----2-----------0-2-3-----|
A|-3--------3-------3-------3-------3--------3~~~~~~~--------------|
E|--------------------------1--------------------------------------|

Am               C/G     F      Em         Dm
Like my father before me I will work the land
Am                   C/G     F          Em      Dm
And like my brother above me who took a rebel stand
       Em             F                      C               Dm
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave.
  Em                 F                     C                  Dm                 D
I swear by the mud below my feet you can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.

[CHORUS]
C              F               C
The night they drove old Dixie down
        F
And the bells were ringing
    C          F               C
The night they drove old Dixie down
            F  
And all the people were singing
         C         F        Dm       F           
They went la la la la la la la la la la la la la.

[BREAK]
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1----------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-2----2-------------------------------------|
A|-3--------3~~~~~~~--2----1----0-----------------|
E|-----------------------------------4----3----2--|

[CHORUS]
C              F               C
The night they drove old Dixie down
        F
And the bells were ringing
    C          F               C
The night they drove old Dixie down
            F  
And all the people were singing
         C         F        Dm       F           
They went la la la la la la la la la la la la la. 
        

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