The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Johnny Cash

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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Written by Robbie Robertson 1976

Key: Bm

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Key F#mF#m

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Key GmGm

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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Key AmAm(one step down)

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Key A#mA#m(half step down)

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Key BmBm(original key)

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Key CmCm(half step up)

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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Key EmEm

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	  		Bm     D                      G                      Bm    D   
Virgil Cain is my name, and I served on the Danville train    
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Till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.    
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In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive.    
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By May the 10th, Richmond had fell    
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And it's a time I remember, oh, so well.   
   
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The Night, They Drove Old Dixie Down   
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And all the bells were ringing,    
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The Night, They Drove Old Dixie Down   
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And all the people were singing,  they went    
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Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na.
    
   
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Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me,    
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"Virgil, quick come see! Virgi,l there 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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Just take what you need and you leave the rest    
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But they never should have taken the very best.    
   
(Chorus)    
   
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Like my father before me, I will work the land    
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And like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand.    
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He was just 18, proud and brave    
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 But a Yankee laid him in his grave.    
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I swear my the mud below my feet    
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You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.    
   
(Chorus)

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