{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":160915,"song":"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down","artist":"William Ruhlmann","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11215870-the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down-chords-by-william-ruhlmann/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/160915?type=chord","rating":4.77518,"votes":12,"content":"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down\r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  Intro\r\n\r\n\t[[ch]C[/ch] {sustain for 2 beats}, [ch]D[/ch], [ch]E[/ch], [ch]F[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]] \r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  Verse 1 \r\n\r\n[tab]\t[ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]F/E[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\t  Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]\t[ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]F/E[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\t 'Til Stoneman's Cavalry came and tore up the tracks a-gain [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]\t[ch]Am/E[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\t In the Winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]\t[ch]Am/E[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\t By May the tenth Richmond had fell, it's a time I re-member, oh, so well  [/tab]\r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  Chorus \r\n\r\n[tab]\t    [ch]C/G[/ch]       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n\tThe night they drove Old Dixie down and the bells were ringing [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]\t    [ch]C/G[/ch]       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n\tThe night they drove Old Dixie down and all the people were singing [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]\t           [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Gsus4[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\tThey went, \"La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la\" [/tab]\r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  Lead-in to verse 2\r\n\t\r\n\t[[ch]C[/ch], [ch]E[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch] {sustain for six beats}, [ch]D[/ch], [ch]E[/ch], [ch]F[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]] \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n  Verse 2 \r\n\r\n[tab]\t[ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]F/E[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n \t Back with my wife in Tennessee when one day she called to me [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]\t[ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]F/E[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n \t \"Virgil quick come see, there goes the Robert E. Lee\" [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]\t[ch]Am/E[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n \t Now, I don't mind choppin' wood and I don't care if the money's no good [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]\t[ch]Am/E[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\t Ya' take what ya' need and ya' leave the rest [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\t But they should never have taken the very best [/tab]\r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  Repeat chorus \r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  Lead-in to verse 3 \r\n\r\n\t[[ch]C[/ch], [ch]E[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]] [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [[ch]C[/ch], [ch]E[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch] {sustain for 6 beats} [ch]C[/ch], [ch]E[/ch], [ch]F[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]] \r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  Verse 3; repeat verse 2 chord progression \r\n\r\n\tLike my father before me, I will work the land \r\n\r\n\tLike my brother above me, who took a rebel stand \r\n\r\n\tHe was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave \r\n\r\n\tI swear by the mud below my feet \r\n\r\n\tYou can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat \r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  (Repeat chorus) \r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  Lead-in to repeat chorus\r\n\t\r\n\t[[ch]C[/ch], [ch]E[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]] [ch]Bm[/ch], [ch]Bb[/ch], [ch]Am[/ch], [ch]Ab[/ch](b5), [ch]C[/ch]/G, [ch]D/F#[/ch] \r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  (Repeat chorus)","plain_text":"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down\n\n  \n\n  Intro\n\n\t[C {sustain for 2 beats}, D, E, F, G] \n\n  \n\n  Verse 1 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  Chorus \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  Lead-in to verse 2\n\t\n\t[C, E, G, C {sustain for six beats}, D, E, F, G] \n\n \n\n\n  Verse 2 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  Repeat chorus \n\n  \n\n  \n\n  Lead-in to verse 3 \n\n\t[C, E, G, C] F, C, [C, E, G, C {sustain for 6 beats} C, E, F, G] \n\n  \n\n  Verse 3; repeat verse 2 chord progression \n\n\tLike my father before me, I will work the land \n\n\tLike my brother above me, who took a rebel stand \n\n\tHe was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave \n\n\tI swear by the mud below my feet \n\n\tYou can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat \n\n  \n\n  (Repeat chorus) \n\n  \n\n  Lead-in to repeat chorus\n\t\n\t[C, E, G, C] Bm, Bb, Am, Ab(b5), C/G, D/F# \n\n  \n\n  (Repeat chorus)","chords":["C","D","E","F","G","Am","C/G","F/E","Dm","Am/E","Fmaj7","Gsus4","Bm","Bb","Ab","D/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}