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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*]