The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (KeyB Capo 4th Fret) Intro: G 2 3 4 G 2 3 4 Em G C Em Virgil Caine is my name and I served on the Danville train G Em C Em Till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks a-gain C G Em C In the winter of sixty five, we were hungry, just barely alive Em C By May the tenth, Richmond had fell G Em A It was a time I re-member, oh so well Chorus G C G The night they drove old Dixie down Em And all the bells were ringing G C G The night they drove old Dixie down Em And all the people were singing, they went. G Em A C G Na na na na na na, Na na na na na, Na-aah-aah-aah G 2 3 4 G 2 3 4 Em G C Em Back with my wife in Tennessee, one day she called to me G Em C Em Virgil, quick come see! there goes Robert E. Lee C G Em C I don't mind chopping wood, I don't care if the money's no good Em C Take what you need and leave the rest G Em A But they should never have taken the very best Chorus G 2 3 4 G 2 3 4 Em G C Em Like my father be-fore me, I've worked the land G Em C Em Like my brother a-bove me, I took a rebel stand C G Em C Just eighteen, proud and brave, when a Yankee laid him in his grave Em C I swear by the blood beneath my feet G Em A You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in de-feat Chorus x 2