The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Joan Baez
Continúa después del anuncio
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Am C 2x C AmAm C F Virgil Caine is my name, and IAm drove on the Danville trainC Am 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came, andF Am tore up the tracks again.F C In the winter of '65, we wereAm F hungry, just barely alive.Am F I took the train to Richmond, itC Am fell, it was a time I remember,D oh so well,C F C The night they drove old DixieAm down, and all the bells were ringing,C F C The night they drove old DixieAm down, and all the people were singin'. They wentC Am D La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La,F La, La, LaAm C Am C 2x C AmContinúa después del anuncioAm C Back with my wife in Tennessee,F Am when one day she said to meC Am F "Virgil, quick, come see, thereAm goes Robert E. Lee!"F Am Now I don't mind' choppin' wood,C Am and I don't care if the money's no good.F Am Ya take what ya need, and leave the rest,C Am but they should never have takenD the very best.C F C The night they drove old DixieAm down, and all the bells were ringing,C F C The night they drove old DixieAm down, and all the people were singin'. They wentC Am D La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La,F La, La, LaAm C Am C 2x C AmAm C F Like my father before me, I'm aAm workin' manC Am F Like my brother before me, IAm took a rebel stand.F Am He was just eighteen, proud andC Am brave, but a Yankee laid him in his graveF Am I swear by the blood below my feet,C you can't raise the cane back upAm D when it's in the seed.C F C The night they drove old DixieAm down, and all the bells were ringing,C F C The night they drove old DixieAm down, and all the people were singin'. They wentC Am D La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La,F La, La, La