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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Key: C

Introduction: C    

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             Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train,
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             'Til Stoneman's Calvery came and tore up the tracks again.
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             In the winter of '65, We were hungry, just barely alive.
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             By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well,
          C                         F7+                            C                                 F7+  
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing,
          C                         F7+                            C                                 F7+  
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the people were singin'.    They went
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La, La, La,      La, La, La,            La, La, La, La, La,         La, La, La,                 La
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             Back with my wife in Tennessee, When one day she called to me,
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             "Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E. Lee!"
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             Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good.
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             Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest,
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             But they never should have taken the very best.
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and all the bells were ringing,
          C                         F7+                            C                                         F7+  
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and all the people were singin'.    They went
C                                 Am                                    G4                                              F4                                 F  
La, La, La,      La, La, La,            La, La, La, La, La,         La, La, La,                 La
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             Like my father before me, I will work the land,
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             Like my brother abo--ve me, who took a rebel stand.
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             He was just eighteen, proud and brave,    But a Yankee laid him in his grave,
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             I swear by the mud below my feet,
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             You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.
Repete Refrão    (2x)
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing,
          C                         F7+                            C                                 F7+  
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the people were singin'.    They went
C                                 Am                                    G4                                              F4                                 F  
La, La, La,      La, La, La,            La, La, La, La, La,         La, La, La,                 La