THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - Robbie Robertson

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Am (x02210@1)   C/G (3x555x@1)                  F (133211@1)                    AmVirgil (x02210@1)Cain is the name and I served on the Danville train
C/G (3x555x@1)           Am (x02210@1)             F (133211@1)                  AmTill (x02210@1)Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks a-gain
F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)                 Am (x02210@1)         FIn (133211@1)the winter of sixty-five, we were hungry, just barely alive
   Am (x02210@1)           FBy (133211@1)May the tenth, Richmond had fell
         C (x32010@1)       Am (x02210@1)          DIt (xx0232@1)was a time I re-member all so well

CHORUS
    C/G (3x555x@1)      F (133211@1)             C/GThe (3x555x@1)night they drove old Dixie down
            AmAnd (x02210@1)all the bells were ringing
    C/G (3x555x@1)      F (133211@1)             C/GThe (3x555x@1)night they drove old Dixie down
            AmAnd (x02210@1)all the people were singing. They went...
C/G (3x555x@1)    Am (x02210@1)      D (xx0232@1)            FNa (133211@1)na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na

Am (x02210@1)                 C/G (3x555x@1)          F (133211@1)                   AmBack (x02210@1)with my wife in Tennessee when one day she called to me
C/G (3x555x@1)    Am (x02210@1)            F (133211@1)                  Am"Virgil, (x02210@1)quick come see! There goes Robert E. Lee"
     F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)                 Am (x02210@1)              FNow, (133211@1)I don't mind choppin' wood and I don't care if the money's no good
    Am (x02210@1)                       FYou (133211@1)take what you need and you leave the rest
                C (x32010@1)        Am (x02210@1)           DBut (xx0232@1)they should never have taken the very best

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Am (x02210@1)              C/G (3x555x@1)    F (133211@1)             AmLike (x02210@1)my father be-fore me, I will work the land
C/G (3x555x@1)       Am (x02210@1)              F (133211@1)              AmAnd (x02210@1)like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
       F (133211@1)            CHe (x32010@1)was just eighteen, proud and brave
      Am (x02210@1)            FBut (133211@1)a Yankee laid him in his grave
  Am (x02210@1)                FI (133211@1)swear by the mud be-low my feet
          C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)               DYou (xx0232@1)can't raise a Cain back up when he's in de-feat

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