The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down chords by Johnny Cash

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Am

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse:
Am                 C
Virgil Caine is my name
      F                      Am
And I served on the Danville train
 C               Am
'Till Stoneman's cavalry came
     F                   Am
And tore up the tracks again

Verse:
F                  C
In the winter of '65
 Am              F          Am
We were hungry, just barely alive
F                Am
By May the 10th, Richmond had fell
        C       Am            D
It's a time I remember, oh so well

Chorus:
   C            Am        F     C
The night they drove old Dixie down
          Am
And the bells were ringing
     C          Am        F     C
The night they drove old Dixie down
          Am
And the people were singing
            C               Am
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na na
D           F
Na, na, na, na, na, na na"

Verse:
Am                   C
Back with my wife in Tennessee
         F                 Am
When one day she called to me
F              Am
Said "Virgil, quick, come see, Virgil,
F                          Am
There goes the Robert E. Lee!"

Verse:
F                 C
Now, I don't mind chopping wood
    Am                    F
And I don't care if the money's no good
    Am
You take what you need
        F
And you leave the rest
         C
But they never should
     Am             D
Have taken the very best


Chorus:
   C            Am        F     C
The night they drove old Dixie down
          Am
And the bells were ringing
     C          Am        F     C
The night they drove old Dixie down
          Am
And the people were singing
            C               Am
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na na
D           F
Na, na, na, na, na, na na"

Verse:
Am               C
Like my father before me
F               Am
I will work the land
C                    Am
And like my brother above me
F                Am
Who took a rebel stand
       F        C
He was just 18, proud and brave
      Am              F
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
  Am                 F
I swear by the mud below my feet
    C                        Am
You can't raise a Caine back up
               D
When he's in defeat


Chorus:
   C           Am        F     C
The night they drove old Dixie down
        Am
And the bells were ringing
    C          Am        F     C
The night they drove old Dixie down
        Am
And the people were singing
            C               Am
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na na
D           F
Na, na, na, na, na, na na"


Chorus:
    C          Am        F     C
The night they drove old Dixie down
        Am
And the bells were ringing
    C          Am        F     C
The night they drove old Dixie down
        Am
And the people were singing
            C               Am
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na na
D           F
Na, na, na, na, na, na na"