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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down chords
Joan Baez (The Band, R. Robinson)
Em G C Em
Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train
G Em C Em
'Til Stonewall's cavalry came, and tore up the tracks again.
C G Em G
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive.
Em C G Em A
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well,
G C G Em
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing,
G C G Em
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the people were singin'. They went
G Em Am C
La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/joan_baez/the_night_they_drove_crd_ver_4.html ]
Em G C Em
Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she said to me
G Em C Em
"Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E. Lee!"
C Em G Em
Now I don't mind' em choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good.
C Em
Ya take what ya need, and ya leave the rest,
G Em A
but they should never have taken the very best.
G C G Em
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
G C G Em
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the people were singin'. They went
G Em Am C
La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
Em G C Em
Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man
G Em C Em
Like my brother above me, I took a rebel stand.
C Em G Em
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
C Em
I swear by the mud below my feet,
G Em D
you can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.
G C G Em
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
G C G Em
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the people were singin'. They went
G Em Am C
La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
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