The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down chords by The Charlie Daniels Band
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Intro 1
(C major)
(A minor)
Virgil Caine (C major) is the name And I
Verse 1
(F major)
served on the (C major) Danville (D minor) train
(A minor) 'Til Stoneman's (C major) cavalry came
And tore (F major) up the (E minor) tracks again (D minor)
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Verse 2
(E minor) In the (A minor) winter of (F major) '65
We were (C major) hungry just (D minor) barely alive
By (A minor) May the tenth,
when Rich (F major) mond had fell
It's a (C major) time I re (D minor) member, oh so. (D major) well
Verse 3
The night (C major) they (F major) drove old Dixie down (Gsus4)
(G major) And the (F major) bells were ringin'
The (Gsus4) night (C major) they (F major) drove old Dixie down (C major)
And all the (F major) people were singin'
They went (C major) na, na, (A minor) na, na, (G major) (F major) na, na (C major)
Verse 4
(A minor) Back with my wife in Tennessee
(C major) When (F major) one day she (C major) called to me (D minor)
(A minor)
Said, "Virgil, quick (G major) come (F major) see'
There goes (C major) Robert E (D minor) Lee"
Verse 5
(E minor) And I don't mind chop (F major) pin' wood
And I (C major) don't care if my (D minor) money's no good
Ya (A minor) take what ya need
and ya leave (F major) the rest
But they should (C major) never have
(D minor) taken the very (D major) best
Verse 6
The night (C major) they (F major) drove old Dixie down (Gsus4)
(G major) And the (F major) bells were ringin'
The (C major) night they (F major) drove old Dixie down (C major)
And all the (F major) people were singin'
They went (C major) na, (A minor) na, (G major) na, na, (F major) na,
Interlude 1
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(F major) (C major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (A minor) (G major) (C major) (F major) (A minor) (D minor)
(A minor) (C major) (F major)
Verse 7
(A minor) Like my father before (G major) me
(F major) I'm a (C major) workin' man
(D minor) And (A minor) like my brother above (G major) me
who (F major) took a (E minor) rebel stand (D minor)
He was (A minor) just eighteen, (F major) proud and brave
But a (C major) Yankee laid (D minor) him in his grave
Verse 8
And I (E minor) swear by the (A minor) mud
Below (F major) my feet
You can't (C major) raise a Caine back (D minor) up
When he's in de (D major) feat
Verse 9
The night (C major) they (F major) drove old Dixie down (Gsus4)
(C major) And the (F major) bells were ringin'
The (C major) night they (F major) drove old Dixie down (C major)
And all the (F major) people were singin'
They went (C major) na, na, na, na, na, (A minor) na
Verse 10
The night they drove old Dixie (G major) down
And the bells were ringin'
The night (F major) they drove old Dixie (C major) down
And all the people (A minor) were singin'
(G major) They went na, na, na, (F major) na, na, na
Outro 1
(F major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
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