The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down chords by Don Rich
Verse 1
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Here's a song
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on Capitol Records.
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It's about the American Civil War.
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It was recorded by a group
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called The Band first,
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and we liked it real well,
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so we recorded it ourselves.
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And the name of it is entitled,
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,
and it goes like this,
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and we hope you like it.
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Virgil Cain is the name
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and I served on the Danville train
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Held Stallman's cavalry cane
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and tore up the tracks again
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In the winter of 65 we were hungry
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and just barely alive
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By May 10th, Richmond had fell
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It was a time I re
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member oh so well
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the bells were ringing
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the people were singing
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And they went, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
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la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
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Like my father before me,
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I'm a working man.
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And like my brother that loved me,
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he took a rebel stand.
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He was just 18, proud and brave
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But the Yankees drained him in his grave
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I swear by the blood below my feet
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They can't make a cane rise up
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when he's in defeat
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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All the bells were ringing
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In the night they drove old Dixie down
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All the people were singing, they went
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La la la la la la
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La la la la la la la la la
Outro 1
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Don Rich
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