The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down chords by The Band (Official Version)
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Verse 1
(C major) [Piano]
(A minor) Virgil Caine (C/G) is the name
And I served (F major) on the (A minor/E) Danville train (D minor)
(A minor) 'Til Stoneman's (C/G) cavalry came
And (F major) tore up the (A minor/E) tracks again (D minor)
Pre-chorus 1
(A minor/E) In the winter of (F major) '65, we were (C major) hungry,
just (D minor) barely alive
(A minor/E) By May the tenth, (F major) Richmond had fell
It's a time (C major) I re (D minor) member, oh so well (D major)
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Chorus 1
The (C/G) night they drove (F minoraj7) old Dixie down (C/G)
And the bells (F minoraj7) were ringing
The (C/G) night they drove (F minoraj7) old Dixie down (C/G)
And the people (F minoraj7) were singing
They went, (C/G) "Na, la, la, (A minor) la, na, na
(Gsus4) La la, na, na, la, la, (F major) la, la, la"
(C major) (C major)
Verse 2
(A minor) Back with my wife in Tennessee (C/G)
When (F major) one day she (A minor/E) called to me (D minor)
(A minor) "Virgil, quick, (C/G) come see
(F major) There goes the (A minor/E) Robert E. Lee" (D minor)
Pre-chorus 2
Now (A minor/E) I don't mind choppin' (F major) wood
And I (C major) don't care if the (D minor) money's no good
You (A minor/E) take what you need
and you (F major) leave the rest
But they should (C major) never have
(D minor) taken the very best (D major)
Chorus 2
The (C/G) night they drove (F minoraj7) old Dixie down (C/G)
And the bells (F minoraj7) were ringing
The (C/G) night they drove (F minoraj7) old Dixie down (C/G)
And all the (F minoraj7) people were singing
They went, (C/G) "Na, la, la, (A minor) la, na, na
(Gsus4) La la, na, na, la, la, (F major) la, la, la"
(C major) (F major) (C major) (C major)
Verse 3
(A minor) Like my father before (C/G) me
(F major) I will work (A minor/E) the land (D minor)
(A minor) And like my brother a (C/G) bove me
(F major) Who took a (A minor/E) rebel stand (D minor)
Pre-chorus 3
He was (A minor/E) just eighteen, proud (F major) and brave
But a (C major) Yankee laid him (D minor) in his grave
I (A minor/E) swear by the mud below (F major) my feet
You can't (C major) raise a Caine back up (D minor)
when he's in defeat (D major)
Chorus 3
The (C/G) night they drove (F minoraj7) old Dixie down (C/G)
And the bells (F minoraj7) were ringing
The (C/G) night they drove (F minoraj7) old Dixie down (C/G)
And all the (F minoraj7) people were singing
They (C/G) went, "Na, la, la, (A minor) la, na, na
(Gsus4) La la, na, na, la, la, (F major) la, la, la"
(C major) (B minor) (B flat major)
(F/A) (F minor) (C/G) (D7/F#)
Chorus 4
The (C/G) night they drove (F minoraj7) old Dixie down (C/G)
And all the (F minoraj7) bells were ringing
The (C/G) night they drove (F minoraj7) old Dixie down (C/G)
And the people (F minoraj7) were singing
They went, (C/G) "Na, la, la, (A minor) la, na, na
(Gsus4) La la, na, na, la, la, (F major) la, la, la"
(C major)
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
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