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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [Am]

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-Dmmember 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*

Verse 3
Am Like my father be-Cfore me
F I will Am work the Dm land
Am And like my brother a-Cbove 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-Flow 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*

2 Am 3 C 1 2 F 1 2 3 Dm 1 1 1 D 1 2 3 G