The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

the night they drove old dixie down - robbie robertson capo 1st fret Am C/G F Am virgil cain is the name and i served on the danville train C/G Am F Am till stoneman’s cavalry came and tore up the tracks A - gain F C Am F in the winter of sixty - five , we were hungry , just barely alive Am F by may the tenth , richmond had fell C Am D it was a time i re - member all so well Chorus C/G F C/G the night they drove old dixie down Am and all the bells were ringing C/G F C/G the night they drove old dixie down Am and all the people were singing . they went . . . C/G Am D F na na na na na na , na na na na na na na na na Am C/G F Am back with my wife in tennessee when one day she called to me C/G Am F Am "virgil , quick come see! there goes robert E . lee" F C Am F now , i don’t mind choppin’ wood and i don’t care if the money’s no good Am F you take what you need and you leave the rest C Am D but they should never have taken the very best ( repeat Chorus ) Am C/G F Am like my father be - fore me , i will work the land C/G Am F Am and like my brother above me , who took a rebel stand F C he was just eighteen , proud and brave Am F but a yankee laid him in his grave Am F i swear by the mud be - low my feet C Am D you can’t raise a cain back up when he’s in de - feat ( repeat Chorus )