{"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":1797810,"song":"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down","artist":"The Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1797810-the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down-chords-by-the-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1797810?type=chord","rating":4.94,"votes":103,"content":"The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (live version)\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\n    [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|--0--------------|\r\nB|--1--------------|\r\nG|--0------------0-|\r\nD|--2------0h2-3---|\r\nA|--3------3-------|\r\nE|-----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Am[/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]Am[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n In the winter of sixty-five we were hungry, just barely alive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n By May the tenth Richmond had fell it's a time I remember oh so well[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]\r\n The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]\r\n The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]           \r\n They went sha na na na na nah na na nana na na na na na[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Interlude]\r\n             [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|---------------------------|\r\nB|---------------------------|\r\nG|------0------------------0-|\r\nD|---h2--------------0-2-3---|\r\nA|-3-------3-------3---------|\r\nE|---------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C/G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/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]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]      \r\n Said, Virgil, quick come see there goes Robert E. Lee[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]         \r\n Now I don't mind chopping wood and I don't care if the money's no good[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]                              \r\n You take what you need and you leave the rest [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]   \r\n But they should never have taken the very best[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]\r\n The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]\r\n The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]           \r\n They went sha na na na na nah na na nana na na na na na[/tab]\r\n[tab][Interlude]\r\n           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|-----------0-0--1-------------------------|\r\nB|-----------1-1--1-------------------------|\r\nG|------0----0-0--2--------0--------------0-|\r\nD|---h2------2-2--3-----h2----------0-2-3---|\r\nA|-3------3--3-3--3---3------3----3---------|\r\nE|------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Am[/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]Am[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n And like my brother above me who took a rebel stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n He was just 18, proud and brave when a Yankee laid him in his grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                     \r\n I swear by the mud below my feet [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]\r\n The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]\r\n The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]           \r\n They went sha na na na na nah na na nana na na na na na[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Interlude]\r\n          [ch]C[/ch]       \r\ne|--------------------------------------|\r\nB|--------------------------------------|\r\nG|------0-------------------------------|\r\nD|---h2---------------------------------|\r\nA|-3------3------2---1---0--------------|\r\nE|---------------------------4---3---2--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]\r\n The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]\r\n The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]           \r\n They went sha na na na na nah na na nana na na na na na[/tab]\r\n  (repeat & fade)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n\r\n| h  Hammer-on\r\n\r\n************************************","plain_text":"The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (live version)\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n  (repeat & fade)\n\n\n\n************************************\n\n| h  Hammer-on\n\n************************************","chords":["C","B","G","D","A","E","Am","C/G","F","Dm","Fmaj7/C"],"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]},"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}