The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

  [C

 , D, E, F, G]

Verse 1

  Am Virgil C/GCaine is the name and I sFerved on theF/E DanvilleDm train

  Am 'Til Stoneman's CC/Gavalry came and Ftore up the F/Etracks a-Dmgain

  Am/E In the Winter of 'F65, we were Chungry, Dmjust barely alive

  Am/E By May the tenth FRichmond had fell, it's a Ctime I re-Dmmember, oh, so Dwell

Chorus

  The C/Gnight theyF7M drove Old DixieC/G down and theF7M bells were ringing

  The C/Gnight theyF7M drove Old DixC/Gie down and aF7Mll the people were singing

  They went, C/G"La, la, la, Amla, la, la, la, Gsus4la, la, la, la, la, Fla, la, la, la"

Lead-in to verse 2

  [C, E, G, C

 , D, E, F, G]

Verse 2

  Am Back with my wife in TCennessee when Fone day sheF/E called to Dmme

  Am "Virgil quick come Csee, Fthere goes the F/ERobert E. DmLee"

  Am/E Now, I don't mind Fchoppin' wood and I dCon't care if the mDmoney's no good

  Am/E Ya' take what ya' need and ya' Fleave the rest

  But they should Cnever have Dmtaken the very Dbest

Repeat chorus

Lead-in to verse 3

  [C, E, G, C] F, C, [C, E, G, C

  C, E, F, G]

Verse 3

repeat verse 2 chord progression

Like my father before me, I will work the land

Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand

He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave

I swear by the mud below my feet

You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat

(Repeat chorus)

Lead-in to repeat chorus

  [C, E, G, C] Bm, B♭, Am, A♭(b5), C/G, D/F♯

(Repeat chorus)