The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down chords by Mike Curb Congregation

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Intro 1

Virgil King

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is my name
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And I drove on the Danville train
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Till so much cavalry came
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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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just barely alive
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I took the train to Richmond that fell,
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it was a time
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I remember oh so well
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The night angel called Dixie down,
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and all the bells were ringing
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Tonight they drove old Dixie down
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And 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
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I met my wife in Tennessee,
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and one day she said to me
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Virgil, quick, come see,
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there goes the Robert E. Lee
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Now, I don't mind chopping wood
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I don't care if the money's no good
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Just take what you need
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and leave the rest
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But they should never have
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taken the very best
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Good night, angel, go dixie down
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And all the bells were ringing
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Good night, angel, go dixie down
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And all the people were singing, baby
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La, la, la, la, la, la
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La, 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 before me,
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I  took the railroad stand
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Well, he was just eighteen,
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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 cane back up
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when it'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, they went
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La, la -la -la -la -la, la, la -la -la -la -la -la -la