The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

{title: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down}
{subtitle: The Band}
{key: C}
{comment: Written by Robbie Robertson - 1969}

{ci: Intro}
[Am] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G]

{ci: Verse 1}
[Am]Virgil [C]Caine is the name and
I [F]served on the [Am]Danville [Dm]Train
[Am]'Til Stoneman's [C]cavalry came and
they [F]tore up the [Am]tracks a-[Dm]gain
[Am]In the winter of [F]'65
we were [C]hungry, just [Dm]barely alive
[Am]By May tenth, [F]Richmond had fell
It's a [C]time I re-[Dm]member oh so [D]well

{ci: Chorus}
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down
When all the [F]bells were ringin'
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down
And all the [F]people were singin'
They went [C]na na na na [Am]na na na na
[D]na na na na na [F]na na na na na [F] [G]

{ci: Verse 2}
[Am]Back with my wife in [C]Tennessee
When [F]one day she [Am]called to [Dm]me
[Am]Said "Virgil, [C]quick come and see
[F]There goes the [Am]Robert E. [Dm]Lee!"
Now [Am]I don't mind [F]choppin' wood and
I [C]don't care if the [Dm]money's no good
Ya [Am]take what ya need and ya [F]leave the rest
But they should [C]never have [Dm]taken the very [D]best

{ci: Chorus}

{ci: Verse 3}
[Am]Like my father be-[C]fore me
[F]I will [Am]work the [Dm]land
[Am]And like my brother a-[C]bove me
[F]I took a [Am]rebel [Dm]stand
He was [Am]just 18, [F]proud and brave
But a [C]Yankee laid him [Dm]in his grave
I [Am]swear by the blood be-[F]low my feet
You can't [C]raise a Caine back [Dm]up when he's in de-[D]feat

{ci: Chorus}
{comment: Repeat chorus 2x - ending on C}