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          The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – The Band
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Written by: Robbie Robertson
From: “The Band” (1969)

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Link 1 (to Verse 1]       
  C              [ Am ]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
E|----------------|0
B|1---------------|
G|0-----------0---|
D|2-----0-2-3---2-|
A|3---------------|0
E|----------------|

Link 2 (end of Chorus 1 to Verse 2)
  F      C                          [ Am ]
     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 0
e --|----0-----------|----------------|0
B --|----1-----------|----------------|1
G --|--0-0-----------|--------------0-|2
D|--h2---2-----------|--------0-2-3---|
A 3-|----3-----------|----------------|0
E --|----------------|----------------|

[Link 3] (end of Chorus 2 to Verse 3)
 F       C     C      F            C                          [ Am ]
     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e --|----0-----0-----|1-------|----0-----------|----------------|0
B --|----1-----1-----|1-------|----1-----------|----------------|1
G --|--0-0-----0-----|2-------|--0-0-----------|------------0---|2
D|--h2---2-----2-----| 3-------h2---2-----------|------0-2-3-----|2
A 3-|----3-----3-----|3-----3-|----3-----------|----------------|0
E --|----------------|1-------|----------------|----------------|

[Link 4] (end of Chorus 3 to Chorus 4)
  F      C            G/B     Bb       F/A   Ddim/Ab    C/G    D/F#    [ C/G ]
     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
e --|----0-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|0
B --|----1-----------|0---0---3---3---|1---1---6---6---|1---1---3---3---|1
G --|--0-0-----------|0---0---3---3---|2---2---7---7---|0---0---2---2---|0
A|--h2---2-----------| 0---0---3---3---|3---3---6---6---|2---2---0---0---|2
A 3-|----3-----------|2-------1-------|0---------------|----------------|x
B --|----------------|----------------|--------6-------|3-------2-------|3

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CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G      3-x-2-0-1-0
C/E      0-x-2-0-1-0
Am/E     0-x-2-2-1-0
D/F#     2-x-0-2-3-2
F     (t)1-3-3-2-1-0

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[Intro]
|   C   |
 (Link 1)


[Verse 1]
Am       C/G                      F             C/E      Dm
  Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train
Am               C/G              F           C/E     Dm
 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
Am/E               F           C/G          Dm
 In the winter of '65, We were hungry, just barely alive
Am/E               F                         C/G      Dm            D/F#
 By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well


[Chorus 1]
    C/G        Fmaj7           C/G           Fmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
    C/G        Fmaj7           C/G           Fmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin' 
          C/G             Am            Gsus4           F               |    C   |  %  |
They went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na, na  Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na, na    [Link 2)


[Verse 2]
Am                     C/G             F           C/E       Dm
  Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me
Am         C/G              F              C/E       Dm
  "Virgil, quick, come see, there goes the Robert E. Lee!"
Am/E               F                    C/G               Dm
  Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good
   Am/E                     F
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
                C/G        Dm             D/F#
But they should never have taken the very best


[Chorus 2]
    C/G          Fmaj7         C/G           Fmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
    C/G        Fmaj7           C/G           Fmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'
           C/G            Am
They went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na, na  
                                               2/4
Gsus4               F                |   C  C | F |  C  |  N.C.  |
Na, na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na       (Link 3)


[Verse 3]
Am                 C/G      F      C/E      Dm
  Like my father before me, I will work the land
Am                 C/G      F          C/E   Dm
  Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
       Am/E           F                      C               Dm
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
Am/E                   F
  I swear by the mud below my feet
          C                  Dm                D/F#
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat


[Chorus 3]
    C/G        Fmaj7           C/G           Fmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
    C/G        Fmaj7           C/G           Fmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'  
           C/G            Am
They went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na, na  
Gsus4           F                 |  C    | G/B Bb | F/A Ddim/Ab | C/G D/F# |
Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na        (Link 4)


[Chorus 4] (fade out)
    C/G        Fmaj7           C/G           Fmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing,
    C/G        Fmaj7           C/G           Fmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'.  
          C/G             Am            Gsus4           F               |    C   |  %  |
They went:  Naah, na, na, naah, na, na  Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na    [Link 2)