The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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Virgil Cain is the name and I 
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served on the Danville train
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Till Stoneman's cavalry came and
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 tore up the tracks a-gain
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In the winter of sixty-five, we 
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were hungry, just barely alive
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By May the tenth, Richmond had fell
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It was a time I re-member all so 
Bmaj7
well


[Chorus]

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The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the bells were ringing
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The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the people were singing. 
They went...
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Na na na na na na, na na na na na na
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 na na na


[Verse]

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Back with my wife in Tennessee 
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when one day she called to me
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"Virgil, quick come see! There  
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  goes       Robert E. Lee"
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Now, I don't mind choppin' wood 
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and I don't care if the money's no 
good
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You take what you need and you leave
 the rest
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But they should never have taken 
  Bmaj7
the very best


[Chorus]

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The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the bells were ringing
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The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the people were singing. 
They went...
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Na na na na na na, na na na na na na
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 na na na


[Verse]

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Like my father be-fore me, I 
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will work the land
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And like my brother above me, 
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who took a rebel stand
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He was just eighteen, proud and 
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brave but a Yankee laid him in his 
grave
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I swear by the mud be-low my feet
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You can't raise a Cain back up 
             Bmaj7
when he's in de-feat


[Chorus]

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The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the bells were ringing
    A/E        D               A/E
The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the people were singing. 
They went...
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Na na na na na na, na na na na na na
  D
 na na na