The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Chords by The Band

[Start]

[Intro]
Am Em F G C Am
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[Verse]
            C          
Virgil Kane is the name
             F      Am       D    
And I served on the Danville train
Am               C           
'till Stoneman's cavalry came
              F      Am     Dm   
And they tore up the tracks again
Am               F         
In the winter of 'sixtyfive
        C           Dm          
We were hungry just barely alive
Am                        F   
By May tenth Richmond had fell
       C      D                  
It's a time I remember oh so well


[Chorus]
C              F               C   
The night they drove old Dixie down
             F          C      
When all the bells were ringing
          F                    C   
The night they drove old Dixie down
            F                  
And all the people were singing
                            C       
They went Na na na na na na na na na
         Am                G F
Na na na na na na na na na ■ ■


[Verse]
C Am                   C        
■ Back with my wife in Tennessee
F                Am        Dm
When one day she called to me
Am             C                 
■  Said Virgil quick come and see
F          Em7    Em Dm 
There goes Robert E  Lee
Em               F            
Now I don't mind chopping wood
      C                 Dm7            
And I don't care if the money's no good
Em7                            F             
You take what you need and you leave the rest
                C          Dm             D   
But they should never have taken the very best


[Chorus]
C              F               C   
The night they drove old Dixie down
             F                 
When all the bells were ringing
G   C          F               C   
The night they drove old Dixie down
            F                  
And all the people were singing
C         G        Am             G 
They went Na na na na na na na na na
               F          
Na na na na na na na na na
C F C Am
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[Verse]
               C        
Like my father before me
F        Em       Dm  
■ I will work the land
Am                  C     F 
And like my brother above me
             Am    D    
Who took the rebel stand
       Em   Am       F              
He was just eighteen proud and brave
      C           Dm              
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
      Em7                    F      
And I swear by the mud below my feet
    C                       Dm              D     
You can't raise a Kane back up when he's in defeat


[Chorus]
C              F               C   
The night they drove old Dixie down
             F                 
When all the bells were ringing
G   C            F               C   
The ■ night they drove old Dixie down
            F                  
And all the people were singing
     C          Am                G 
They went Na na na na na na na na na
                  F       
Na na na na na na na na na
C Bm Bb Am G7 C
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               F               C        
The night they drove old Dixie down down
F                     
The bells were ringing
C              F               G   
The night they drove old Dixie down
            C      F           
And all the people were singing
     G                Am            
They went Na na na na na na na na na
G                    F    
Na na na na na na na na na
F                  
Thank you very much


[Outro]
C F Gsus4 C
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C        
Thank you