THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
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THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
The Band
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Am
Virgil
C/G
Caine is the name, and I serve
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d on th
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e Danvill
Dm
e train,
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'Til Stoneman'
C/G
s Calvery came an
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d tore up th
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e tracks
Dm
again.
Am/E
In the winter o
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f '65, We wer
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e hungry, jus
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t barely alive.
Am/E
By May the tenth
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, Richmond had fell, it's a ti
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me I
Dm
remember, oh s
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o well,
Chorus
The
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Night They Dr
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ove Old Dixie
C/G
Down, and the
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bells were ringing,
The
C/G
Night They
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Drove Old Dixie
C/G
Down, and the
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people were singin'. They went
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La, La, La,
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La, La, La,
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La, La, La, La, La, La,
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La, La,
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Back with my wife i
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n Tennessee, Whe
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n one day sh
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e called t
Dm
o me,
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"Virgil
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, quick, come see
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, there goe
F/E
s Robert E
Dm
. Lee!"
Am/E
Now I don't min
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d choppin' wood, and
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I don't care if th
Dm
e money's no good.
Am/E
Ya take what ya need and y
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a leave the rest,
But the
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y never should hav
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e taken the ver
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y best. (Chorus)
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Like my father
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before me
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, I wil
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l work th
Dm
e land,
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Like my brothe
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r above me
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, who took
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a rebe
Dm
l stand.
Am/E
He was just eighteen
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, proud and brave,
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But a Yankee laid hi
Dm
m in his grave,
Am/E
I swear by the mud
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below my feet,
Yo
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u can't raise a Caine bac
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k up when he's in
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defeat. (Chorus and fade)
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