The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

[(intro) ](G G A B C D) Em G C Em Virgil Caine is my name and I served on the Danville train G Em C Em Till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again. C G Em C In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive. Em C By May the tenth, Richmond had fell. G Em A It was a time I remember oh, so well. [Refrão] G Em C G Em The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringing, G Em C G Em The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singing. They went, G "Naa na-na naa na-na, na Em A C Na na na na na na na na na" Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me, "Virgil, quick, come see: there goes Robert E. Lee!" Now, I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if my money's no good. Just take what you need and leave the rest But they should never have taken the very best. (Chorus) Like my father before me, I will work the land. And, like my brother before me, who took a rebel stand. He was just 18, proud and brave, when a Yankee laid him in his grave. I swear by the mud below my feet, You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat. (Chorus)