The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
Tuning: C, E A D G B E
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – The Band
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Written by: Robbie Robertson
From: “The Band” (1969)
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[Intro]
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(Link 1)
[Verse 1]
Virgil Caine
is the name,
and I served o
n the Danville
train
'Til Stoneman
's cavalry cam
e and tore up
the tracks aga
in
In the winter
of '65, We we
re hungry, jus
t barely alive
By May the te
nth, Richmond
had fell, it's
a time I reme
mber, oh so we
ll
[Chorus 1]
The night they
drove Old Dix
ie down, and t
he bells were
ringing
The night they
drove Old Dix
ie down, and t
he people were
singin'
They went: Na
ah, na, na, na
ah, na, na Na
, na, na, na,
naah, na, na,
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na, na [Lin
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k 2)
[Verse 2]
Back with my
wife in Tenne
ssee, when one
day she calle
d to me
"Virgil, qui
ck, come see,
there goes the
Robert E. Lee
!"
Now I don't
mind choppin'
wood, and I do
n't care if th
e money's no g
ood
Ya take what y
a need and ya
leave the rest
But they shoul
d never have t
aken the very
best
[Chorus 2]
The night they
drove Old Dix
ie down, and t
he bells were
ringing
The night they
drove Old Dix
ie down, and t
he people were
singin'
They went: Na
ah, na, na, na
ah, na, na
2/4
Na, na, na, na
, na, naah, na
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, na, na
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(Link 3)
[Verse 3]
Like my fath
er before me,
I will work th
e land
Like my brot
her above me,
who took a reb
el stand
He was just ei
ghteen, proud
and brave, but
a Yankee laid
him in his gr
ave
I swear by t
he mud below m
y feet
You can't rais
e a Caine back
up when he's
in defeat
[Chorus 3]
The night they
drove Old Dix
ie down, and t
he bells were
ringing
The night they
drove Old Dix
ie down, and t
he people were
singin'
They went: Na
ah, na, na, na
ah, na, na
Na, na, na, na
, naah, na, na
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, na (L
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ink 4)
[Chorus 4] (fade out)
The night they
drove Old Dix
ie down, and t
he bells were
ringing,
The night they
drove Old Dix
ie down, and t
he people were
singin'.
They went: Na
ah, na, na, na
ah, na, na Na
, na, na, na,
naah, na, na,
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na [Link 2)