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The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (live version)
Intro
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Verse 1
Am C/G F Am Dm
Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
Am C/G F Am Dm
Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
Am F C/G Dm
In the winter of sixty-five we were hungry, just barely alive
Am F C/G Dm D
By May the tenth Richmond had fell it's a time I remember oh so well
Chorus
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing
C/G F D F
They went sha na na na na nah na na nana na na na na na
Interlude
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Verse 2
Am C/G F Am Dm
Back with my wife in Tennessee when one day she called to me
Am C/G F Am Dm
Said, Virgil, quick come see there goes Robert E. Lee
Am F C/G Dm
Now I don't mind chopping wood and I don't care if the money's no good
Am F
You take what you need and you leave the rest
C/G Dm D
But they should never have taken the very best
Chorus
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing
C/G F D F
They went sha na na na na nah na na nana na na na na na
Interlude
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Verse 3
Am C/G F Am Dm
Like my father before me I will work the land
Am C/G F Am Dm
And like my brother above me who took a rebel stand
Am F C/G Dm
He was just 18, proud and brave when a Yankee laid him in his grave
Am F
I swear by the mud below my feet
C/G Dm D
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
Chorus
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing
C/G F D F
They went sha na na na na nah na na nana na na na na na
Interlude
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Chorus
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
C/G Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing
C/G F D F
They went sha na na na na nah na na nana na na na na na
(repeat & fade)