The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

	 
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) 
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     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 
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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)
[Strophe]
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
[Refrain]
    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)
[Strophe]
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
[Refrain]
    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)
[Strophe]
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
[Refrain]
    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)
[Refrain]
    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)