The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Band (Robbie Robertson, 1969)
Verse Strum: 4/4 | D - D - D - D - |
Chorus Strum: 4/4 | D - - - D - d u |
Riff
A|-----------0-2-3-|
E|-----0-1-3-------|
C|---2-------------|
G|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [C↓]... | [Riff] |
| [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... |
| [D] Na- na na- na na | [F] na na- na- na- na | [F↓][C↓] | [Riff] |
| [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... |
| [D] Na- na na- na na | [F] na na- na- na- na | [F↓][C↓] | [Riff] |
| [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... |
| [D] Na- na na- na na | [F] na na- na- na- na | [F↓][C↓] | [Riff] |
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... |
| [D] Na- na na- na na | [F] na na- na- na- na | [F↓][C↓] | [Riff] |
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 1/08/19 JJ
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The Band (Robbie Robertson, 1969)
Verse Strum: 4/4 | D - D - D - D - |
Chorus Strum: 4/4 | D - - - D - d u |
Riff
A|-----------0-2-3-|
E|-----0-1-3-------|
C|---2-------------|
G|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [C↓]... | [Riff] |
| [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... |
| [D] Na- na na- na na | [F] na na- na- na- na | [F↓][C↓] | [Riff] |
| [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... |
| [D] Na- na na- na na | [F] na na- na- na- na | [F↓][C↓] | [Riff] |
| [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... |
| [D] Na- na na- na na | [F] na na- na- na- na | [F↓][C↓] | [Riff] |
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... |
| [D] Na- na na- na na | [F] na na- na- na- na | [F↓][C↓] | [Riff] |
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 1/08/19 JJ
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