Song Name: | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | By: | The Band |
Posted By: | BlueWest | Difficulty: | Beginner |
Key: | Any | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Any | ||
Created: | 2006-10-08 15:10:42 | Modified: | 2006-10-08 15:10:59 |
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Virgil Caine is the name, -4 4 -5 -5 -4 -5 -4 6 -5 -4 and I served on the Danville train, -4 -6 7 -6 6 -5 -5 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came -4 -5 -5 -4 -5 -4 6 -5 -4 and tore up the tracks again. -4 -4 -5 -4 -5 6 -5 -5 In the winter of sixty five, -4 -5 -6 -6 6 -5 6 -5 -5 We were hungry, just barely alive. -4 -5 -4 -5 6 -5 -5 -5 By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, -4 -4 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -5 -5 6 it's a time I remember, oh so well, -5 -6 6 6 -5 -5 -4 4 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, -4 -5 -6 6 -6 6 -5 and the bells were ringing, -6 -6 6 6 -5 -5 -4 4 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, -4 -5 -6 6 -6 6 -5 and the people were singin'. 6 -5 They went -6 6 6 6 -5 -6 -6 6 6 6 6 -5 -5 -5 -4 4 La,La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La,La, La, -4 -4 -4 -5 -5 -6 6 -5 Back with my wife in Tennessee, -4 -5 -5 -4 -5 -4 6 -5 -4 When one day she called to me, -6 7 -8 -6 6 -5 "Virgil, quick, come see, -5 -5 -4 -5 -4 -5 6 -5 -4 there goes the Robert E. Lee!" -4 -5 -4 -5 6 -5 -5 Now I don't mind choppin' wood, -4 -5 -6 -6 6 -5 6 -5 -5 -5 and I don't care if the money's no good. -4 -5 -5 -4 -5 -4 -5 6 -5 -5 Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest, -4 -5 6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -5 -5-5 6 But they should never have taken the very best. -5 -6 6 6 -5 -5 -4 4 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, -4 -5 -6 6 -6 6 -5 and the bells were ringing, -6 -6 6 6 -5 -5 -4 4 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, -4 -5 -6 6 -6 6 -5 and the people were singin'. 6 -5 They went -6 6 6 6 -5 -6 -6 6 6 6 6 -5 -5 -5 -4 4 La,La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La,La, La, -4 -4 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 Like my father before me, -5 -5 -5 -4 6 -5 -4 I will work the land, -6 7 7 -6 7 -8 -6 6 -5 Like my brother above me, -4 -5 -4 -5 -4 6 -5 -4 who took a rebel stand. -4 -4 -5 -5 -5 6 -5 -5 He was just eighteen, proud and brave, -4 -5 -6 -6 6 -5 6 -5 -5 But a Yankee laid him in his grave, -4 -5 -5 -4 -5 -5 6 -5 -5 I swear by the mud below my feet, -4 -5 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -5 -5 -5 6 You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat. -5 -6 6 6 -5 -5 -4 4 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, -4 -5 -6 6 -6 6 -5 and the bells were ringing, -6 -6 6 6 -5 -5 -4 4 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, -4 -5 -6 6 -6 6 -5 and the people were singin'. 6 -5 They went -6 6 6 6 -5 -6 -6 6 6 6 6 -5 -5 -5 -4 4 La,La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La,La, La, -5 -6 6 6 -5 -5 -4 4 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, -4 -5 -6 6 -6 6 -5 and the bells were ringing, -6 -6 6 6 -5 -5 -4 4 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, -4 -5 -6 6 -6 6 -5 and the people were singin'. |