The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez

[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 alive.
[Em]By May the tenth, [C]Richmond had fell, it's a [G]time I re[Em]member, oh so [A7]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, [Em]la, la, La, [A7]La, La, La, La, [C]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.

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[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 eighteen, [G]proud and brave, when a [Em]Yankee laid him in his [C]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.

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