{t:The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down}
{st:The Band (Robbie Robertson, 1969)}
{sot}
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 &  
{eot}


{c: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


{soc}
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] [/]
{eoc}


[/] [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


{soc}
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] [/]
{eoc}


[/] [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


{soc}
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] [/]
{eoc}


{soc}
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] [/]
{eoc}


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