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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
(Traditional)

AmCF
Virgil Caine is my name, and I drove on the
DmAmC
Danville train, Til Stonewall's cavalry came and
FDmC
tore up the tracks again. In the winter of
FCFAm
' 65, we were hungry, just barely alive. By
FC
May the tenth, Richmond had fell It was a time I
AmDD7
remember oh so well.
[chorus]:
    CFC
    The night they drove old Dixie down,
    Am
    and all the bells were ringing. The
    CFC
    night they drove old Dixie down, and
    Am
    all the people were singing. They
    CAmD
    went, "Na na na na na na na na na na
     
    F
    na na na na."
AmCF
Back with my wife in Tennessee, one day she said
DmAmCF
to me. "Virgil, quick come see, here comes the
DmCF
Robert E. Lee." Well I don't mind chopping wood,
CFAm
And I don't care if my money's no good. You take
CF
what you need and leave the rest, But they
CAmDD7
should never have taken the very best.
[chorus]
AmCFDm
Like my father before me, I will work the land.
AmCF
And like my brother up above me, I took a rebel
DmCF
stand. He was just eighteen, proud and brave,
CFAm
but a Yankee laid him in his grave. I swear by
CFC
the blood below my feet, You can't raise a Caine
     
AmDD7
back up when he's in defeat.
[chorus]

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down               
(Traditional)                                     
                                                  
Virgil Caine is my name, and I drove on the       
Danville train, Til Stonewall's cavalry came and  
tore up the tracks again. In the winter of        
' 65, we were hungry, just barely alive. By       
May the tenth, Richmond had fell It was a time I  
remember oh so well.                              
                                                  
[chorus]:                                         
    The night they drove old Dixie down,          
    and all the bells were ringing. The           
    night they drove old Dixie down, and          
    all the people were singing. They             
    went, "Na na na na na na na na na na          
    na na na na."                                 
                                                  
Back with my wife in Tennessee, one day she said  
to me. "Virgil, quick come see, here comes the    
Robert E. Lee." Well I don't mind chopping wood,  
And I don't care if my money's no good. You take  
what you need and leave the rest, But they        
should never have taken the very best.            
                                                  
[chorus]                                          
                                                  
Like my father before me, I will work the land.   
And like my brother up above me, I took a rebel   
stand. He was just eighteen, proud and brave,     
but a Yankee laid him in his grave. I swear by    
the blood below my feet, You can't raise a Caine  
back up when he's in defeat.                      
                                                  
[chorus]