Chord The Night They Drove by Joan Baez

# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - please note - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # this file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song . you may only use this file for private study , scholarship , or research . # # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # the night they drove old dixie down chords joan baez the band , r . robinson Em G C Em virgil caine is the name , and i served on the danville train G Em C Em ’til stonewall’s cavalry came , and tore up the tracks again . C G Em G in the winter of ’65 , we were hungry , just barely alive . Em C G Em A by may the tenth , richmond had fell , it’s a time i remember , oh so well , G C G Em the night they drove old dixie down , and the bells were ringing , G C G Em the night they drove old dixie down , and the people were singin’ . they went G Em Am C la , la , la , la , la , la , la , la , la , la , la , la Em G C Em back with my wife in tennessee , when one day she said to me G Em C Em "virgil , quick , come see , there goes robert E . lee!" C Em G Em now i don’t mind’ Em choppin’ wood , and i don’t care if the money’s no good . C Em ya take what ya need , and ya leave the rest , G Em A but they should never have taken the very best . G C G Em the night they drove old dixie down , and the bells were ringing G C G Em the night they drove old dixie down , and the people were singin’ . they went G Em Am C la , la , la , la , la , la , la , la , la , la , la , la Em G C Em like my father before me , i’m a workin’ man G Em C Em like my brother above me , i took a rebel stand . C Em G Em he was just eighteen , proud and brave , but a yankee laid him in his grave C Em i swear by the mud below my feet , G Em D you can’t raise a caine back up when he’s in defeat . G C G Em the night they drove old dixie down , and the bells were ringing G C G Em the night they drove old dixie down , and the people were singin’ . they went G Em Am C la , la , la , la , la , la , la , la , la , la , la , la set8