{"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":61589,"song":"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down","artist":"The Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11541680-the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down-chords-by-the-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/61589?type=chord","rating":4.76147,"votes":1187,"content":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n          The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – The Band\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nWritten by: Robbie Robertson\r\nFrom: “The Band” (1969)\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab]Link 1 (to Verse 1]       \r\n  C              [ Am ]\r\n  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  \r\ne|----------------|0\r\nB|1---------------|1\r\nG|0-----------0---|2\r\nD|2-----0-2-3---2-|2\r\nA|3---------------|0\r\nE|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]Link 2 (end of Chorus 1 to Verse 2)\r\n  F      C                          [ Am ]\r\n     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 0\r\ne --|----0-----------|----------------|0\r\nB --|----1-----------|----------------|1\r\nG --|--0-0-----------|--------------0-|2\r\nD --h2---2-----------|--------0-2-3---|2\r\nA 3-|----3-----------|----------------|0\r\nE --|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Link 3] (end of Chorus 2 to Verse 3)\r\n F       C     C      F            C                          [ Am ]\r\n     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  \r\ne --|----0-----0-----|1-------|----0-----------|----------------|0\r\nB --|----1-----1-----|1-------|----1-----------|----------------|1\r\nG --|--0-0-----0-----|2-------|--0-0-----------|------------0---|2\r\nD --h2---2-----2-----|3-------h2---2-----------|------0-2-3-----|2\r\nA 3-|----3-----3-----|3-----3-|----3-----------|----------------|0\r\nE --|----------------|1-------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Link 4] (end of Chorus 3 to Chorus 4)\r\n  F      C            G/B     Bb       F/A   Ddim/Ab    C/G    D/F#    [ C/G ]\r\n     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + \r\ne --|----0-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|0\r\nB --|----1-----------|0---0---3---3---|1---1---6---6---|1---1---3---3---|1\r\nG --|--0-0-----------|0---0---3---3---|2---2---7---7---|0---0---2---2---|0\r\nD --h2---2-----------|0---0---3---3---|3---3---6---6---|2---2---0---0---|2\r\nA 3-|----3-----------|2-------1-------|0---------------|----------------|x\r\nE --|----------------|----------------|--------6-------|3-------2-------|3[/tab]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab]CHORDS\r\n         E-A-D-G-B-e\r\nC/G      3-x-2-0-1-0\r\nC/E      0-x-2-0-1-0\r\nAm/E     0-x-2-2-1-0\r\nD/F#     2-x-0-2-3-2\r\nF     (t)1-3-3-2-1-0[/tab]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab]|   [ch]C[/ch]   |\r\n (Link 1)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C/E[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n  Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C/G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C/E[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am/E[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n In the winter of '65, We were hungry, just barely alive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am/E[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\n By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]           [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]           [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin' [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Gsus4[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]               |    [ch]C[/ch]   |  %  |\r\nThey went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na, na  Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na, na    [Link 2)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C/E[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n  Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C/E[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n  \"Virgil, quick, come see, there goes the Robert E. Lee!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am/E[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/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]Am/E[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYa take what ya need and ya leave the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nBut they should never have taken the very best[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]           [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]           [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C/G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na, na  [/tab]\r\n                                               2/4\r\n[tab][ch]Gsus4[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                |   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] |  [ch]C[/ch]  |  N.C.  |\r\nNa, na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na       (Link 3)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C/E[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n  Like my father before me, I will work the land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C/E[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n  Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am/E[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am/E[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  I swear by the mud below my feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nYou can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]           [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]           [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'  [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C/G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na, na  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gsus4[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                 |  [ch]C[/ch]    | [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]F/A[/ch] [ch]Ddim/Ab[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] |\r\nNa, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na        (Link 4)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 4] (fade out)\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]           [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]           [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'.  [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Gsus4[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]               |    [ch]C[/ch]   |  %  |\r\nThey went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na, na  Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na    [Link 2)[/tab]","plain_text":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n          The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – The Band\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWritten by: Robbie Robertson\nFrom: “The Band” (1969)\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n                                               2/4\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 4] (fade out)","chords":["C","Am","B","G","D","A","E","F","G/B","Bb","F/A","Ddim/Ab","C/G","D/F","C/E","Am/E","Dm","D/F#","Fmaj7","Gsus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}