The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Joan Baez
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BmVirgil DbCaine is my name, and I Gbdrove on the Danville Bmtrain
Db'Til Stoneman's Bmcavalry came, and Gbtore up the tracks Bmagain.
GbIn the winter of 'Db65, we were Bmhungry, just Gbbarely alive.
BmI took the train to GbRichmond, it fell, it was a Dbtime I Bmremember, oh so Ebwell,
The Dbnight they Gbdrove old Dixie Dbdown, and all the Bmbells were ringing,
The Dbnight they Gbdrove old Dixie Dbdown, and all the Bmpeople were singin'. They went
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BmBack with my wife in DbTennessee, when Gbone day she said to Bmme
Db"Virgil, Bmquick, come see, Gbthere goes Robert E. BmLee!"
GbNow I don't mind' Bmchoppin' wood, and I Dbdon't care if the Bmmoney's no good.
Ya Gbtake what ya need, and Bmleave the rest,
but they should Dbnever have Bmtaken the very Eb7best.
The Dbnight they Gbdrove old Dixie Dbdown, and all the Bmbells were ringing,
The Dbnight they Gbdrove old Dixie Dbdown, and all the Bmpeople were singin'. They went
DbLa, La, La, La, BmLa, EbLa, La, La, GbLa, La, La, La
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BmLike my father Dbbefore me, GbI'm a workin' Bmman
DbLike my brother Bmbefore me, GbI took a rebel Bmstand.
He was Gbjust eighteen, Bmproud and brave, but a DbYankee laid him Bmin his grave
I Gbswear by the blood Bmbelow my feet,
you can't Dbraise the cane back Bmup when it's in the Eb7seed.
The Dbnight they Gbdrove old Dixie Dbdown, and all the Bmbells were ringing,
The Dbnight they Gbdrove old Dixie Dbdown, and all the Bmpeople were singin'. They went
DbLa, La, La, La, BmLa, EbLa, La, La, GbLa, La, La, La