{"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":2385237,"song":"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2385237-the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2385237?type=chord","rating":4.8062,"votes":76,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nVirgil Caine is my name[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I served on the Danville train[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Till Stoneman's cavalry came[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd tore up the tracks again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the winter of '65[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe were hungry, just barely alive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBy May the 10th, Richmond had fell[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's a time I remember, oh so well[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove old Dixie down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the bells were ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove old Dixie down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the people were singing[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey went, \"Na, na, na, na, na, na na[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]       \r\nNa, na, na, na, na, na na\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBack with my wife in Tennessee[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen one day she called to me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]               \r\nSaid \"Virgil, quick, come see, Virgil,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nThere goes the Robert E. Lee!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow, I don't mind chopping wood[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't care if the money's no good[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou take what you need[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd you leave the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut they never should[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHave taken the very best[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove old Dixie down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the bells were ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove old Dixie down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the people were singing[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey went, \"Na, na, na, na, na, na na[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]       \r\nNa, na, na, na, na, na na\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike my father before me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI will work the land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd like my brother above me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWho took a rebel stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was just 18, proud and brave[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut a Yankee laid him in his grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI swear by the mud below my feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou can't raise a Caine back up[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen he's in defeat[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove old Dixie down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the bells were ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove old Dixie down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the people were singing[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey went, \"Na, na, na, na, na, na na[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]       \r\nNa, na, na, na, na, na na\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove old Dixie down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the bells were ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe night they drove old Dixie down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the people were singing[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey went, \"Na, na, na, na, na, na na[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]       \r\nNa, na, na, na, na, na na\"[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","C","F","D","E"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}