Vi^F#mrgil Caine ^Ais the name and I served ^Don the Danville tra^Bmin Ti^F#mll Stoneman^A s cavalry came and tore ^Dup the tracks again^Bm. ^F#mIn the winter of s^Dixty-five we were h^Aungry, just bar^Bmely alive ^F#mBy May the tenth ^DRichmond had fell it's a t^Aime I reme^Bmmber oh so we^Bll.

Th^Ae night they dr^Dmaj7ove old Dixie ^Adown And ^Dmaj7the bells were ringing Th^Ae night they dr^Dmaj7ove old Dixie do^Awn And the ^Dmaj7people were singing They ^Awent l^F#ma la la^Esus4 la la la l^Da la l^Aa la la la la.

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 chopping wood and I don t care if the money s no good. Just take what you need and leave the rest but they should never have taken the very best. Like my father before me I will work the land And like my brother above me who took a rebel stand He was just eighteen proud and brave but 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.

Band - The night they drove old dixie down