Joan Baez - The night they drove

^EmVirgil ^GCaine is the name, and I ^Cserved on the Danville ^Emtrain ^G'Til Stonewall's ^Emcavalry came, and ^Ctore up the tracks a^Emgain. ^CIn the winter of '^G65, we were ^Emhungry, just ^Gbarely alive. ^EmBy May the tenth, ^CRichmond had fell, it's a ^Gtime I ^Emremember, oh so ^Awell,

The ^Gnight they ^Cdrove old Dixie ^Gdown, and the ^Embells were ringing, The ^Gnight they ^Cdrove old Dixie ^Gdown, and the ^Empeople were singin'. They went ^GLa, La, La, La, ^EmLa, ^AmLa, La, La, ^CLa, La, La, La

^EmBack with my wife in ^GTennessee, when ^Cone day she said to ^Emme ^G"Vir^Emgil, quick, come ^Csee, there goes Rober^Emt E. Lee!" ^CNow I don't mind' em ^Emchoppin' wood, and I ^Gdon't care if the ^Emmoney's no good. Ya ^Ctake what ya need, and ya ^Emleave the rest, but they should ^Gnever have ^Emtaken the very ^Abest.

The ^Gnight they ^Cdrove old Dixie ^Gdown, and the ^Embells were ringing The ^Gnight they ^Cdrove old Dixie ^Gdown, and the ^Empeople were singin'. They went ^GLa, La, La, La, ^EmLa, ^AmLa, La, La,^C La, La, La, La

^EmLike my father be^Gfore me,^C I'm a workin' ^Emman ^GLike my brother a^Embove me,^C I took a rebel ^Emstand. He was ^Cjust eighteen, ^Emproud and brave, but a ^GYankee laid him ^Emin his grave I ^Cswear by the mud be^Emlow my feet, you can't ^Graise a Caine back ^Emup when he's in de^Dfeat.

The ^Gnight they ^Cdrove old Dixie ^Gdown, and the ^Embells were ringing The ^Gnight they ^Cdrove old Dixie ^Gdown, and the ^Empeople were singin'. They went ^GLa, La, La, La, ^EmLa, ^AmLa, La, La,^C La, La, La, La