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

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            Em      G
Virgil Kane is the name
        C                     Am
And I served on the Danville train
  Em                G
'Till Stoneman's cavalry came
      C                  Am
And tore up the tracks again

Em                C
In the winter of '65
          G             Am
We were hungry, just barely alive
   Em              C
By May the 10th, Richmond had fell
 G                Em           A
It's a time I remember, oh so well

      G           C              G
The night they drove old Dixie down
         Em
And the bells were ringing
       G        C                G
The night they drove old Dixie down
          Em
And the people were singing
            G           Em        A             C
They went, "Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na

G , C , G , C 

 Em                     G   
Back with my wife in Tennessee
      C                   Am
When one day she called to me
   Em            G
"Virgil, quick, come see,
  C                   Am
There goes Robert E. Lee!"
        Em           C
Now, I don't mind chopping wood
       G                   Am
And I don't care if the money's no good
     Em                         C
You take what you need And you leave the rest
                 G           Em            A
But they should never Have taken the very best

      G          C               G
The night they drove old Dixie down
          Em
And the bells were ringing
      G          c               G
The night they drove old Dixie down
              Em
And all the people were singing
           G           Em        A             C             
They went, Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na

G , C , G , C 

Em                   G     C                Am
Like my father before me I will work the land
Em                   G       C                  am
And like my brother above me Who took a rebel stand 
         En        C
He was just 18, proud and brave
        G             Am
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
Em                   C
I swear by the mud below my feet
            G                Em               A
You can't raise a Kane back up When he's in defeat


      G          C               G
The night they drove old Dixie down
          Em
And the bells were ringing
      G          c               G
The night they drove old Dixie down
              Em
And all the people were singing
           G           Em        A             C             
They went, Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na

G , C , G , C
     G          C               G
The night they drove old Dixie down
          Em
And the bells were ringing
      G          c               G
The night they drove old Dixie down
              Em
And all the people were singing 
        

We also have 29 songs by The Band

• Acadian Driftwood
• Across The Great Divide
• Atlantic City
• Caledonia Mission
• Chest Fever
• Christmas Must Be Tonight
• Dont Do It
• Evangeline
• I Shall Be Released
• It Makes No Difference
• Jawbone
• Jemima Surrender
• King Harvest Has Surely Come
• Long Black Veil
• Mystery Train
• Ophelia
• Rag Mama Rag
• Rockin Chair
• Stage Fright
• Tears Of Rage
• The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
• The Shape Im In
• The Unfaithful Servant
• The Weight
• This Wheels On Fire
• Up On Cripple Creek
• When I Paint My Masterpiece
• When You Awake
• Whispering Pines

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