C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
C/E 0-x-2-0-1-0
Am/E 0-x-2-2-1-0
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-2
[Verse]
C Am C/G F C/E Dm
Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train,
Am C/G F C/E Dm
'Til Stoneman's Calvery came and tore up the tracks again.
Am/E F C/G Dm
In the winter of '65, We were hungry, just barely alive.
Am/E F C/G Dm D/F#
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well,
[Chorus]
C/G F C/G F
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing,
C/G F C/G F
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the people were singin'. They went
C/G Am Gsus4 F C
La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
[Verse]
Am C F C/E Dm
Back with my wife in Tennessee, When one day she called to me,
Am C F C/E Dm
"Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E. Lee!"
Am/E F C/G Dm
Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good.
Am/E F
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest,
C/G Dm D/F#
But they never should have taken the very best.
[Chorus]
C/G F C/G F
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing,
C/G F C/G F
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the people were singin'. They went
C/G Am Gsus4 F C
La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
[Verse]
Am C F C/E Dm
Like my father before me, I will work the land,
Am C F C/E Dm
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand.
Am/E F C Dm
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, But a Yankee laid him in his grave,
Am/E F
I swear by the mud below my feet,
C Dm D/F#
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.
[Chorus]
C/G F C/G F
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing,
C/G F C/G F
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the people were singin'. They went
C/G Am Gsus4 F C
La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
