The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Verse 1:
[Am] Virgil [C] Caine is the name and
I [F] served on the [Am] Danville [Dm] Train
[Am] ‘Til Stoneman’s [C] cavalry came and
They [F] tore up the [Am] tracks a-[Dm] gain
[Am] In the winter of [F] ’65,
We were [C] hungry, just [Dm] barely alive
[Am] By May tenth, [F] Richmond had fell
It’s a [C] time I re-[Dm]member oh so [D*] well
|Chorus:
|The [C] night they [F] drove old Dixie [C] down
|When all the [F] bells were ringin’
|The [C] night they [F] drove old Dixie [C] down
|And all the [F] people were singin’
|They went [C] na...na-na [Am] na-na-na na...
|[G] Na-na na-na na [F] na na-na-na-na [C*]
Verse 2:
[Am] Back with my wife in [C] Tennessee
When [F] one day she [Am] called to [Dm] me
[Am] Said “Virgil, [C] quick come and see
[F] There goes the [Am] Robert E. [Dm] Lee!”
Now [Am] I don’t mind [F] choppin’ 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:
|The [C] night they [F] drove old Dixie [C] down
|When all the [F] bells were ringin’
|The [C] night they [F] drove old Dixie [C] down
|And all the [F] people were singin’
|They went [C] na...na-na [Am] na-na-na na...
|[G] Na-na na-na na [F] na na-na-na-na [C*] [C*][F*][C*]
Verse 3:
[Am] Like my father be-[C]fore me
[F] I will [Am] work the [Dm] land
[Am] And like my brother a-[C]bove me
[F] I took a [Am] rebel [Dm] stand
He was [Am] just 18, [F] proud and brave
But a [C] Yankee laid him [Dm] in his grave
I [Am] swear by the blood be-[F]low my feet
You can’t [C] raise a Caine back [Dm] up when he’s in de-[D*]feat
|Chorus:
|The [C] night they [F] drove old Dixie [C] down
|When all the [F] bells were ringin’
|The [C] night they [F] drove old Dixie [C] down
|And all the [F] people were singin’
|They went [C] na...na-na [Am] na-na-na na...
|[G] Na-na na-na na [F] na na-na-na-na [C*] [C*][F*][C*]