The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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[Verse]
Am C
Virgil Caine is my name
F Am
And I served on the Danville train
C Am
'Till Stoneman's cavalry came
F Am
And tore up the tracks again
[Verse]
F C
In the winter of '65
Am F Am
We were hungry, just barely alive
F Am
By May the 10th, Richmond had fell
C Am D
It's a time I remember, oh so well
[Chorus]
C Am F C
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And the bells were ringing
C Am F C
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And the people were singing
C Am
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na na
D F
Na, na, na, na, na, na na"
[Verse]
Am C
Back with my wife in Tennessee
F Am
When one day she called to me
F Am
Said "Virgil, quick, come see, Virgil,
F Am
There goes the Robert E. Lee!"
[Verse]
F C
Now, I don't mind chopping wood
Am F
And I don't care if the money's no good
Am
You take what you need
F
And you leave the rest
C
But they never should
Am D
Have taken the very best
[Chorus]
C Am F C
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And the bells were ringing
C Am F C
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And the people were singing
C Am
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na na
D F
Na, na, na, na, na, na na"
[Verse]
Am C
Like my father before me
F Am
I will work the land
C Am
And like my brother above me
F Am
Who took a rebel stand
F C
He was just 18, proud and brave
Am F
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
Am F
I swear by the mud below my feet
C Am
You can't raise a Caine back up
D
When he's in defeat
[Chorus]
C Am F C
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And the bells were ringing
C Am F C
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And the people were singing
C Am
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na na
D F
Na, na, na, na, na, na na"
[Chorus]
C Am F C
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And the bells were ringing
C Am F C
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And the people were singing
C Am
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na na
D F
Na, na, na, na, na, na na"

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