Night Drove Old Dixie Down

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          The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – The Band
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[Verse 1]
Dm       F/C                      A#            F/A      Gm
  Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train
Dm               F/C              A#          F/A     Gm
 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
Dm/A               A#          F/C          Gm
 In the winter of '65, We were hungry, just barely alive
Dm/A               A#                        F/C      Gm            G/B
 By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well
 
 
[Chorus 1]
    F/C        A#maj7          F/C           A#maj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
    F/C        A#maj7          F/C           A#maj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin' 
          F/C             Dm            Csus4           A#              |    F   |  %  |
They went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na, na  Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na, na    [Link 2)
 
 
[Verse 2]
Dm                     F/C             A#          F/A       Gm
  Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me
Dm         F/C              A#             F/A       Gm
  "Virgil, quick, come see, there goes the Robert E. Lee!"
Dm/A               A#                   F/C               Gm
  Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good
   Dm/A                     A#
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
                F/C        Gm             G/B
But they should never have taken the very best
 
 
[Chorus 2]
    F/C          A#maj7        F/C           A#maj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
    F/C        A#maj7          F/C           A#maj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'
           F/C            Dm
They went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na, na  
                                               2/4
Csus4               A#               |   F  F | A# |  F  |  N.C.  |
Na, na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na       (Link 3)
 
 
[Verse 3]
Dm                 F/C      A#     F/A      Gm
  Like my father before me, I will work the land
Dm                 F/C      A#         F/A   Gm
  Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
       Dm/A           A#                     F               Gm
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
Dm/A                   A#
  I swear by the mud below my feet
          F                  Gm                G/B
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
 
 
[Chorus 3]
    F/C        A#maj7          F/C           A#maj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
    F/C        A#maj7          F/C           A#maj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'  
           F/C            Dm
They went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na, na  
Csus4           A#                |  F    | C/E Eb | A#/D Gdim/Db | F/C G/B |
Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na        (Link 4)
 
 
[Chorus 4] (fade out)
    F/C        A#maj7          F/C           A#maj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing,
    F/C        A#maj7          F/C           A#maj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'.  
          F/C             Dm            Csus4           A#              |    F   |  %  |
They went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na, na  Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na    [Link 2)