The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down chords by The Charlie Daniels Band
Intro 1
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Virgil Caine is the name And I
Verse 1
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served on the Danville train
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'Til Stoneman's cavalry came
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And tore up the tracks again
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Verse 2
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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 tenth,
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when Richmond had fell
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It's a time I remember, oh so. well
Verse 3
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And the bells were ringin'
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the people were singin'
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They went na, na, na, na, na, na
Verse 4
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Back with my wife in Tennessee
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When one day she called to me
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Said, "Virgil, quick come see'
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There goes Robert E Lee"
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And I don't mind choppin' wood
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And I don't care if my money's no good
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Ya take what ya need
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and ya leave the rest
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But they should never have
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taken the very best
Verse 6
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And the bells were ringin'
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the people were singin'
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They went na, na, na, na, na,
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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Like my father before me
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I'm a workin' man
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And like my brother above me
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who took a rebel stand
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He was just eighteen, proud and brave
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But a Yankee laid him in his grave
Verse 8
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And I swear by the mud
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Below my feet
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You can't raise a Caine back up
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When he's in defeat
Verse 9
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And the bells were ringin'
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the people were singin'
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They went na, na, na, na, na, na
Verse 10
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The night they drove old Dixie down
And the bells were ringin'
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the people were singin'
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They went na, na, na, na, na, na
Outro 1
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Charlie Daniels Band
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