[intro] Db [verse] Bbm Db Virgil Caine is my name, Gb Bbm and I drove on the Danville train Db Bbm 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came, Gb Bbm and tore up the tracks again. Gb Db Bbm In the winter of '65, we were hungry, Gb just barely alive. Bbm Gb I took the train to Richmond, it fell, Db Bbm Eb it was a time I remember, oh so well, [chorus] Db Gb Db The night they drove old Dixie down, Bbm and all the bells were ringing, Db Gb Db The night they drove old Dixie down, Bbm and all the people were singin'. They went Db Bbm Eb La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, Gb La, La, La [bridge] Db Bbm Db Bbm [verse] Bbm Db Back with my wife in Tennessee, Gb Bbm when one day she said to me Db Bbm "Virgil, quick, come see, Gb Bbm there goes Robert E. Lee!" Gb Bbm Now I don't mind' choppin' wood, Db Bbm and I don't care if the money's no good. Gb Bbm Ya take what ya need, and leave the rest, but they should Db Bbm Eb never have taken the very best. [chorus] Db Gb Db The night they drove old Dixie down, Bbm and all the bells were ringing, Db Gb Db The night they drove old Dixie down, Bbm and all the people were singin'. They went Db Bbm Eb La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, Gb La, La, La [bridge] Db Bbm Db Bbm [verse] Bbm Db Like my father before me, Gb Bbm I'm a workin' man Db Bbm Like my brother before me, Gb Bbm I took a rebel stand. Gb Bbm He was just eighteen, proud and brave, Db Bbm but a Yankee laid him in his grave Gb Bbm I swear by the blood below my feet, Db you can't raise the cane back Bbm Eb up when it's in the seed. [chorus] Db Gb Db The night they drove old Dixie down, Bbm and all the bells were ringing, Db Gb Db The night they drove old Dixie down, Bbm and all the people were singin'. They went Db Bbm Eb La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, Gb Bbm La, La, La
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