THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN

Intro:  C G/B Am (bass: A C D A) x2

C        Am                     F                    Am
  Virgil Kane is the name and I rode on the Danville Train
C                 Am               F                  Am
  'Til Stonemen's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.
F                   C           Am         F
  In the winter of '65, we were hungry and barely alive.
   Am           F
By May the 10th Richmond had fell,
       Am       (C)          D
It's a time I remember oh so well.


Ch:
    C          F               C             Am
The night they drove old Dixie down (and the bells were ringin')
    C          F               C             Am
The night they drove old Dixie down (and the people were singin')
          C          Am       D              F             (bass: A C D A)
They went   na-na-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na-na



Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she says to me
"Virgil, quick come see, there goes Robert E. Lee"
Well, I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good
You take what you need and you leave the rest,
But they should never have taken the very best.

Ch

Like my father before me, I will work the land
And like my brother above me, who took a rebel's stand
He was just eighteen, proud and brave when a Yankee put him in his grave
I swear by the blood below my feet
You can't raise a Kane back up when he's in defeat.

Ch