The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

	 
chords:
         E-A-D-G-B-e 
C/G      3-x-2-0-1-0 
C/E      0-x-2-0-1-0 
Am/E     0-x-2-2-1-0 
D/F#     2-x-0-2-3-2 
F     (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
[Tab]
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Link 1 (to Verse 1] 
  C              [ Am ] 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   
e|----------------|0 
B|1---------------|1 
G|0-----------0---|2 
D|2-----0-2-3---2-|2 
A|3---------------|0 
E|----------------| 
  
Link 2 (end of Chorus 1 to Verse 2) 
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e --|----0-----------|----------------|0 
B --|----1-----------|----------------|1 
G --|--0-0-----------|--------------0-|2 
D --h2---2-----------|--------0-2-3---|2 
A 3-|----3-----------|----------------|0 
E --|----------------|----------------| 
  
[Link 3] (end of Chorus 2 to Verse 3) 
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e --|----0-----0-----|1-------|----0-----------|----------------|0 
B --|----1-----1-----|1-------|----1-----------|----------------|1 
G --|--0-0-----0-----|2-------|--0-0-----------|------------0---|2 
D --h2---2-----2-----|3-------h2---2-----------|------0-2-3-----|2 
A 3-|----3-----3-----|3-----3-|----3-----------|----------------|0 
E --|----------------|1-------|----------------|----------------| 
  
[Link 4] (end of Chorus 3 to Chorus 4) 
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A --h2---2-----------|0---0---3---3---|3---3---6---6---|2---2---0---0---|2 
A 3-|----3-----------|2-------1-------|0---------------|----------------|x 
B --|----------------|----------------|--------6-------|3-------2-------|3 
 
[Intro]
|   DO  | 
 (Link 1)
[Versetto]
LAm      DO/SOL                  
  Virgil Caine is the name, and I
 FA            DO/MI     REm 
 served on the Danville train 
  Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train 
LAm              DO/SOL          
 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and
 FA          DO/MI    REm 
 tore up the tracks again 
 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again 
LAm/MI             FA         
 In the winter of '65, We were
 DO/SOL       REm 
 hungry, just barely alive 
 In the winter of '65, We were hungry, just barely alive 
LAm/MI             FA                
 By May the tenth, Richmond had fell,
        DO/SOL   REm          
 it's a time I remember, oh so
 RE/FA# 
 well
 By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well
[Ritornello]
    DO/SOL     FAmaj7         
The night they drove Old Dixie down,
 DO/SOL           FAmaj7 
 and the bells were ringing 
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing 
    DO/SOL     FAmaj7         
The night they drove Old Dixie down,
 DO/SOL           FAmaj7 
 and the people were singin'  
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'  
          DO/SOL          LAm      
They went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na,
     SOLsus4           FA         
 na  Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na,
          DO      %    
 na, na    [Link 2)
They went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na, na  Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na, na    [Link 2)
[Versetto]
LAm                    DO/SOL    
  Back with my wife in Tennessee,
      FA          DO/MI      REm 
 when one day she called to me 
  Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me 
LAm        DO/SOL           FA   
  "Virgil, quick, come see, there
          DO/MI      REm 
 goes the Robert E. Lee!" 
  "Virgil, quick, come see, there goes the Robert E. Lee!" 
LAm/MI             FA                
  Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and
   DO/SOL            REm 
 I don't care if the money's no good 
  Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good 
   LAm/MI                   FA 
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the
 rest 
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest 
                DO/SOL     REm      
But they should never have taken the
      RE/FA# 
 very best
But they should never have taken the very best
[Ritornello]
    DO/SOL       FAmaj7       
The night they drove Old Dixie down,
 DO/SOL           FAmaj7 
 and the bells were ringing 
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing 
    DO/SOL     FAmaj7         
The night they drove Old Dixie down,
 DO/SOL           FAmaj7 
 and the people were singin' 
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin' 
           DO/SOL         LAm 
They went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na,
 na       2/4 
They went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na, na       2/4 
SOLsus4             FA               
Na, na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na 
    DO DO   FA    DO     N.DO.    
      (Link 3)
Na, na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na       (Link 3)
[Versetto]
LAm                DO/SOL   FA    
  Like my father before me, I will
 DO/MI     REm 
 work the land 
  Like my father before me, I will work the land 
LAm                DO/SOL   FA      
  Like my brother above me, who took
   DO/MI  REm 
 a rebel stand 
  Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand 
       LAm/MI         FA       
He was just eighteen, proud and
              DO             
 brave, but a Yankee laid him
 REm 
 in his grave 
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave 
LAm/MI                 FA 
  I swear by the mud below my feet 
          DO                 REm    
You can't raise a Caine back up when
           RE/FA# 
 he's in defeat
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
[Ritornello]
    DO/SOL     FAmaj7         
The night they drove Old Dixie down,
 DO/SOL           FAmaj7 
 and the bells were ringing 
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing 
    DO/SOL     FAmaj7         
The night they drove Old Dixie down,
 DO/SOL           FAmaj7 
 and the people were singin'   
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'   
           DO/SOL         LAm 
They went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na,
 na   
They went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na, na   
SOLsus4         FA                  
Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na     
 DO    
   (Link
 SOL/SI SIb  FA/LA REdim/LAb DO/SOL RE/FA#   
 4)
Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na        (Link 4)
(fade out)
[Ritornello]
    DO/SOL     FAmaj7         
The night they drove Old Dixie down,
 DO/SOL           FAmaj7 
 and the bells were ringing, 
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing, 
    DO/SOL     FAmaj7         
The night they drove Old Dixie down,
 DO/SOL           FAmaj7 
 and the people were singin'.   
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'.   
          DO/SOL          LAm      
They went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na,
     SOLsus4           FA         
 na  Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na,
          DO      %    
 na    [Link 2)
They went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na, na  Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na    [Link 2)