The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez - 60 bpm

 
Em

Virgil 
G
Caine is my 

name, and I 
C
served on the 

Danville 
Em
train

 
G
'Til 

Stoneman's 
Em
cavalry 

came and 
C
tore up the 

tracks a
Em
gain

 
C
In the 

winter of 
G
'65, 

we were 
Em
hungry, 

just 
C
barely a

live.

 
Em
By May the 

tenth, 
C
Richmond had 

fell, it's a 
G
time 

I re
Em
member, 

oh so 
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well,

	The 
G
Night 

they 
Em
drove Old 
C
Dixie 
G
down, 

all the 
Em
bells were 

ringing,

	The 
G
Night 

they 
Em
drove Old 
C
Dixie 
G
Down, 

all the 
Em
people were 

singin'. They went

	
G
La, 

la-la-la-la, 
Em
la, la, 

la, 
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la, la, la, 

la, la, 
C
la, la, 

la, la,

 
Em
Back with my 

wife in 
G
Tennessee, 

C
one day she 

called to 
Em
me,

 
G

"Virgil, 
Em
quick, come 

see, 
C
there goes 

Robert E. 
Em
Lee!"

Now 
C
I don't 

mind 
G
choppin' wood, 

and I 
Em
don't care 

if the 
C
money's no 

good.

 
Em
Take what ya 

need and ya 
C
leave the rest, 

but they should 
G
never 

have 
Em
taken the 

very 
A7
best.

repeat chorus

 
Em
Like my 

father be
G
fore me, 

C
I will 

work the 
Em
land,

 
G
Like my 

brother be
Em
fore 

me, 
C
who took a 

rebel 
Em
stand.

He was 
C
just eigh

teen, 
G
proud and brave, 

when a 
Em
Yankee 

laid him 
C
in his 

grave,

I 
Em
swear by the 

mud be
C
neath my 

feet, you can't 
G
raise a 

Caine back 
Em
up when he's 

in de
A7
feat.

repeat chorus