{"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":1053976,"song":"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down","artist":"Joan Baez","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11233315-the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down-chords-by-joan-baez/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1053976?type=chord","rating":4.75605,"votes":465,"content":"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down chords\r\n\r\n\r\nCapo I *\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] 2x [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nVirgil Caine is my name, and I drove on the Danville train[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came, and tore up the tracks again.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I took the train to Richmond, it fell, it was a time I remember, oh so well,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin'. They went [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La [/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] 2x [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBack with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she said to me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n \"Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E. Lee!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Now I don't mind' choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYa take what ya need, and leave the rest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut they should never have taken the very best.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin'. They went [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La [/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] 2x [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLike my father before me, I'm a workin' man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI swear by the blood below my feet,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nyou can't raise the cane back up when it's in the seed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin'. They went [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La [/tab]\r\n\r\nCapo IV\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] = [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  = [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  = [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  = [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nOpen (These chords are not in the original key)\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] = [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  = [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  = [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  = [ch]A[/ch]\r","plain_text":"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down chords\n\n\nCapo I *\n\nAm C 2x C Am\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm C Am C 2x C Am\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm C Am C 2x C Am\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCapo IV\n\nAm = F#m\nC  = A\nF  = D\nD  = B\n\nOpen (These chords are not in the original key)\n\nAm = Em\nC  = G\nF  = C\nD  = A","chords":["Am","C","F","D","E","F#m","A","B","Em","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}