Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
[Piano]
Am
C
Virgil Caine is the name
F
Am
Dm
And I served on the Danville train
Am
C
'Til Stoneman's cavalry came
F
Am
Dm
And tore up the tracks again
Pre-chorus 1
Am
F
C
In the winter of '65, we were hungry,
Am
F
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell
C
Dm
D
It's a time I remember, oh so well
Chorus 1
C
F
C
The night they drove old Dixie down
C
F
C
The night they drove old Dixie down
C
Am
They went, "Na, la, la, la, na, na
G
F
La la, na, na, la, la, la, la, la"
C
C
Verse 2
Am
C
Back with my wife in Tennessee
F
Am
Dm
When one day she called to me
Am
C
"Virgil, quick, come see
F
Am
Dm
There goes the Robert E. Lee"
Pre-chorus 2
Am
F
Now I don't mind choppin' wood
C
Dm
And I don't care if the money's no good
Dm
D
taken the very best
Chorus 2
C
F
C
The night they drove old Dixie down
C
F
C
The night they drove old Dixie down
C
Am
They went, "Na, la, la, la, na, na
G
F
La la, na, na, la, la, la, la, la"
C
F
C
C
Verse 3
Am
C
Like my father before me
F
Am
Dm
I will work the land
Am
C
And like my brother above me
F
Am
Dm
Who took a rebel stand
Pre-chorus 3
Am
F
He was just eighteen, proud and brave
C
Dm
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
Am
F
I swear by the mud below my feet
C
Dm
You can't raise a Caine back up
Chorus 3
C
F
C
The night they drove old Dixie down
C
F
C
The night they drove old Dixie down
C
Am
They went, "Na, la, la, la, na, na
G
F
La la, na, na, la, la, la, la, la"
C
Bm
Bb
F
Fm
C
D
Chorus 4
C
F
C
The night they drove old Dixie down
C
F
C
The night they drove old Dixie down
C
Am
They went, "Na, la, la, la, na, na
G
F
La la, na, na, la, la, la, la, la"
C
[Fade out]
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