The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Band
AmVirgil CCaine is the name, and I Fserved on the Danville Dmtrain,
Am'Til Stoneman's CCavalry came and Ftore up the tracks Dmagain.
AmIn the winter of 'F65, we were Chungry, just barely Dmalive.
AmBy May the tenth, FRichmond had fell, it's a Ctime I Dmremember, oh so Dwell,
The CNight They Fmaj7Drove Old Dixie CDown, and the Fmaj7bells were ringing,
The CNight They Fmaj7Drove Old Dixie CDown, and the Fmaj7people were singin'. They went
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AmBack with my wife in CTennessee, when Fone day she called to Dmme,
Am"Virgil, Cquick, come see, Fthere goes Robert E. DmLee!"
AmNow I don't mind Fchoppin' wood, and I don't Ccare if the Dmmoney's no good.
AmYa take what ya need and ya Fleave the rest,
But they Cnever should have Dmtaken the very Dbest.
The CNight They Fmaj7Drove Old Dixie CDown, and the Fmaj7bells were ringing,
The CNight They Fmaj7Drove Old Dixie CDown, and the Fmaj7people were singin'. They went
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AmLike my father befCore me, FI will work the Dmland,
AmLike my brother Cabove me, who Ftook a rebel Dmstand.
AmHe was just eighteen, Fproud and brave, but a CYankee laid him in his Dmgrave,
AmI swear by the mud Fbelow my feet,
You can't Craise a Caine back Dmup when he's in Ddefeat.
The CNight They Fmaj7Drove Old Dixie CDown, and the Fmaj7bells were ringing,
The CNight They Fmaj7Drove Old Dixie CDown, and the Fmaj7people were singin'. They went
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