The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Ukulele chords by The Band

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

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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)