- Tuning: Standard tuning
- Difficulty: Intermediate
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Artist - Joan Baez
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Song - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
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Album - Blessed Are... (1971)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO
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G|------------------------------3-|
D|----6-----6-----6-------3-4-6---|
A|-4-----4-----4-----4--6---------|
E|--------------------------------|
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00:11
VERSE 1
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Virgil Caine is the name..... Til Stonewall`s cavalry came.....
G|-3---3-|-------|-------|-3---3-|-------|-3---3-|-------|-------|
D|-------|-------|-4---4-|-------|-------|-------|-4---4-|-------|
A|-------|-4---4-|-------|-------|-4---4-|-------|-------|-------|
E|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-6---6-|
In the winter of `65...... I took the train to Richmond.....
G|-------|-------|-3---3-|-------|-3---3-|-------|------|-3---3-|------------------|
D|-4---4-|-------|-------|-4---4-|-------|-4---4-|----6-|-------|----8-------------|
A|-------|-4---4-|-------|-------|-------|-------|-4----|-------|-6-----6--6--6--6-|
E|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------|-------|------------------|
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00:43
CHORUS
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The night they drove old Dixie down. The night they drove old Dixie down...
G|-------3----|---------3-|---3-----|-----------3-|----------|---------|-3--3-3-|---3-----|
D|----6-----4-|----6--6---|-6---6-3-|----6-6--6---|-6-4--4---|-6-6---6-|--------|-6---6-3-|
A|-4----------|-4---------|---------|-4-----------|--------4-|-----4---|--------|---------|
E|------------|-----------|---------|-------------|----------|---------|--------|---------|
La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
G|-------|-------|-----------------------|------------|-------|------------|------------|
D|-------|-------|-------------4--4-4--4-|---4-4-4--4-|--h--6-|------------|------------|
A|-4---4-|-------|-6-6--6-6--6-----------|-4----------|-6-8---|-4--3-------|-4--3-------|
E|-------|-6---6-|-----------------------|------------|-------|-------6--4-|-------6--4-|
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01:15
VERSE 2
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Back with my wife in Tennessee.. Virgil, quick, come see.....
G|-3---3-|-------|-------|-3---3-|-------|-3---3-|-------|-3---3-|
D|-------|-------|-4---4-|-------|-------|-------|-4---4-|-------|
A|-------|-4---4-|-------|-------|-4---4-|-------|-------|-------|
E|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Now I don`t mind` choppin` wood.. Just take what ya need.....
G|-------|-------|-3---3-|-------|-3---3-|-------|-------|-3---3-|------------------|
D|-4---4-|-------|-------|-4---4-|-------|-4---4-|-------|-------|----8-------------|
A|-------|-4---4-|-------|-------|-------|-------|-4---4-|-------|-6-----6--6--6--6-|
E|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------------------|
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01:48
CHORUS
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The night they drove old Dixie down. The night they drove old Dixie down...
G|-------3----|---------3-|---3-----|-----------3-|----------|---------|-3--3-3-|---3-----|
D|----6-----4-|----6--6---|-6---6-3-|----6-6--6---|-6-4--4---|-6-6---6-|--------|-6---6-3-|
A|-4----------|-4---------|---------|-4-----------|--------4-|-----4---|--------|---------|
E|------------|-----------|---------|-------------|----------|---------|--------|---------|
La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
G|-------|-------|-----------------------|------------|-------|------------|------------|
D|-------|-------|-------------4--4-4--4-|---4-4-4--4-|--h--6-|------------|------------|
A|-4---4-|-------|-6-6--6-6--6-----------|-4----------|-6-8---|-4--3-------|-4--3-------|
E|-------|-6---6-|-----------------------|------------|-------|-------6--4-|-------6--4-|
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02:20
VERSE 3
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Like my father before me... Like my brother above me.....
G|-3---3-|-------|-------|-3---3-|-------|-3---3-|-------|-3---3-|
D|-------|-------|-4---4-|-------|-------|-------|-4---4-|-------|
A|-------|-4---4-|-------|-------|-4---4-|-------|-------|-------|
E|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
He was just eighteen.... I swear by the blood
G|-------|-------|-3---3-|-------|-3---3-|-------|-------|-3---3-|------------------|
D|-4---4-|-------|-------|-4---4-|-------|-4---4-|-------|-------|----8-------------|
A|-------|-4---4-|-------|-------|-------|-------|-4---4-|-------|-6-----6--6--6--6-|
E|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------------------|
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02:53
CHORUS
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The night they drove old Dixie down. The night they drove old Dixie down...
G|-------3----|---------3-|---3-----|-----------3-|----------|---------|-3--3-3-|---3-----|
D|----6-----4-|----6--6---|-6---6-3-|----6-6--6---|-6-4--4---|-6-6---6-|--------|-6---6-3-|
A|-4----------|-4---------|---------|-4-----------|--------4-|-----4---|--------|---------|
E|------------|-----------|---------|-------------|----------|---------|--------|---------|
La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
G|-------|-------|-----------------------|-----|---------|
D|-------|-------|-------------4--4-4--4-|---4-|--h--6-8-|
A|-4---4-|-------|-6-6--6-6--6-----------|-4---|-6-8-----|
E|-------|-6---6-|-----------------------|-----|---------|
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