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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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The Band

Version
studio
published by
rafah
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 

chords:

E-A-D-G-B-e

C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0

C/E 0-x-2-0-1-0

Am/E 0-x-2-2-1-0

D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-2

F (t)1-3-3-2-1-0

[Tab]
Link 1 (to Verse 1]

C [ Am ]

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|----------------|0

B|1---------------|1

G|0-----------0---|2

D|2-----0-2-3---2-|2

A|3---------------|0

E|----------------|

Link 2 (end of Chorus 1 to Verse 2)

F C [ Am ]

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 0

e --|----0-----------|----------------|0

B --|----1-----------|----------------|1

G --|--0-0-----------|--------------0-|2

D --h2---2-----------|--------0-2-3---|2

A 3-|----3-----------|----------------|0

E --|----------------|----------------|

[Link 3] (end of Chorus 2 to Verse 3)

F C C F C [ Am ]

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e --|----0-----0-----|1-------|----0-----------|----------------|0

B --|----1-----1-----|1-------|----1-----------|----------------|1

G --|--0-0-----0-----|2-------|--0-0-----------|------------0---|2

D --h2---2-----2-----|3-------h2---2-----------|------0-2-3-----|2

A 3-|----3-----3-----|3-----3-|----3-----------|----------------|0

E --|----------------|1-------|----------------|----------------|

[Link 4] (end of Chorus 3 to Chorus 4)

F C G/B Bb F/A Ddim/Ab C/G D/F# [ C/G ]

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e --|----0-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|0

B --|----1-----------|0---0---3---3---|1---1---6---6---|1---1---3---3---|1

G --|--0-0-----------|0---0---3---3---|2---2---7---7---|0---0---2---2---|0

A --h2---2-----------|0---0---3---3---|3---3---6---6---|2---2---0---0---|2

A 3-|----3-----------|2-------1-------|0---------------|----------------|x

B --|----------------|----------------|--------6-------|3-------2-------|3

[Intro]
| C |

(Link 1)

[Verse]
Am C/G F C/E Dm
Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train
Am C/G F C/E Dm
'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
Am/E F C/G Dm
In the winter of '65, We were hungry, just barely alive
Am/E F C/G Dm D/F#
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well
[Chorus]
C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'
C/G Am Gsus4 F C %
They went: Naah, na, na, naah, na, na Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na, na [Link 2)
[Verse]
Am C/G F C/E Dm
Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me
Am C/G F C/E Dm
"Virgil, quick, come see, there goes the Robert E. Lee!"
Am/E F C/G Dm
Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good
Am/E F
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
C/G Dm D/F#
But they should never have taken the very best
[Chorus]
C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'
C/G Am
They went: Naah, na, na, naah, na, na 2/4
Gsus4 F C C F C N.C.
Na, na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na (Link 3)
[Verse]
Am C/G F C/E Dm
Like my father before me, I will work the land
Am C/G F C/E Dm
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
Am/E F C Dm
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
Am/E F
I swear by the mud below my feet
C Dm D/F#
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
[Chorus]
C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'
C/G Am
They went: Naah, na, na, naah, na, na
Gsus4 F C G/B Bb F/A Ddim/Ab C/G D/F#
Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na (Link 4)
(fade out)
[Chorus]
C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing,
C/G Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'.
C/G Am Gsus4 F C %
They went: Naah, na, na, naah, na, na Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na [Link 2)