The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down chords by James Last

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Virgil Cain is the name that
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I served on the Danville train
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Till Stoneman's Cavalry
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came and tore up the tracks again
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In the winter of 65,
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we were hungry, just barely alive
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By May the 10th, Richmond had felled
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It was a time I remember oh so well
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The night they drove old Nixie down
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And all the bells were ringing
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The night they drove old Nixie down
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And all the people were singing, they went
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La, la, la, la, la, la, la
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La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
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Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
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ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
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Back with my wife in Tennessee
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When one day she called
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to me
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I don't mind chopping wood
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And I don't care if the money's no good
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You take what you need
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and you leave the rest
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But they should never have
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taken the very best
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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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They went la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
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la, la, la, la, la, la
Like my father before me,
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I  will work the land
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Just like my brother above me,
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who took a rebel's stand
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He was just eighteen, proud and brave
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But a Yankee laid him in  his grave
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I swear by the blood below my feet
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You can't raise a K back 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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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
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La -la -la -la -la -la -la -la
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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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They went la -la -la -la -la -la
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La -la -la -la -la -la -la -la
The dogs, they go for six feet down