Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Key: C Difficulty: Intermediate Written by: Robbie Robertson From: “The Band” (1969) Tuning: soprano C Link 1 (to Verse 1] C Am : 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + A|3---------------|0 E|0-------0-1---0-|0 C|0-----2---------|0 g|0-----------0---|2 Link 2 (end of Chorus 1 to Verse 2) F C Am : 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + A --|----3-----------|----------------|0 E –-|--3-0-----------|----------0-1-3-|0 C 0-/4---0-----------|--------2-------|0 g --|----0-----------|----------------|2 Link 3: (end of Chorus 2 to Verse 3) F C C F C Am : 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + A --|----3-----3-----|0-------|----3-----------|----------------|0 E --|--3-0-----0-----|1-------|--3-0-----------|--------0-1-3---|0 C 0-/4---0-----0-----|0-----0-/4---0-----------|------2---------|0 g --|----0-----0-----|2-------|----0-----------|----------------|2 Link 4: (end of Chorus 3 to Chorus 4) F C G Bb F Ddim7 C D C : 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G --|----3-----------|2---2---1---1---|0---0---2---2---|3---3---0---2---|3 A --|--3-0-----------|3---3---1---1---|1---1---1---1---|0---0---2---2---|0 A 0-/4---0-----------|2---2---2---2---|0---0---2---2---|0---0---2---2---|0 B --|----0-----------|0---0---3---3---|2---2---1---1---|0---0---2---2---|0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro: | C | (Link 1)
Verse 1: Am C F C Dm Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train Am C F C Dm 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again Am F C Dm In the winter of '65, We were hungry, just barely alive Am F C Dm D By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well Chorus 1: C F C F The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing C F C F The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin' C Am Gsus4 F | C | % | They went: Laah, la, la, laah, la, la La, la, la, la, laah, la, la, la [Link 2) Verse 2: Am C F C Dm Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me Am C F C Dm "Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E. Lee!" Am F C Dm Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good Am F Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest C Dm D But they should never should have taken the very best Chorus 2: C F C F The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing C F C F The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin' C Am They went: Laah, la, la, laah, la, la 2/4 Gsus4 F | C C | F | C | N.C. | La, la, la, la, la, laah, la, la, la (Link 3) Verse 3: Am C F C Dm Like my father before me, I will work the land Am C F C Dm Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand Am F C Dm He was just eighteen, proud and brave, But a Yankee laid him in his grave Am F I swear by the mud below my feet C Dm D You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat Chorus 3: C F C F The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing C F C F The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin' C Am They went: Laah, la, la, laah, la, la Gsus4 F | C | G Bb | F Ddim7 | C D | La, la, la, la, laah, la, la, La (Link 4) Chorus 4: (fade out) C F C F The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing C F C F The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin' C Am Gsus4 F | C | % | They went: Laah, la, la, laah, la, la La, la, la, la, laah, la, la, la [Link 2)
