Richie Havens - The night they drove old dixie down
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Richie Havens
Tuning DADF#AD
Chords used...moving down frets...
D* 12 12 12 12 0 0
Bm 9 9 9 8 9 9
A 7 7 7 7 7 7
A9sus 7 7 7 5 5 5
Gmaj7 5 5 5 5 5 4
E7 2 2 2 2 0 0
D 0 0 0 0 0 0
This is similar to "Live At the Cellar Door", Track 5
(Intro)
Bm A Gmaj7 (D)
Bm A Gmaj7 (D)
(Verses)
Bm A Gmaj7 (D)
Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville Train
Back home in Tennessee when my wife called to me
Like my father before me, oh I shall work the lands
Bm'til Stoneman's Acavalry came anGmaj7d tore up the tracks again
Virgil quick come see there goes the Robert E. Lee
Like my brother below me he took a rebel stand
Din the winter oGmaj7f '65 we were hungrDy just barely aGmaj7live
Now I don't mind chopping wood and I don't care if the money's no good
Well he was just 18 and proud and brave, and a yankee laid him in his grave
DI pitched my teGmaj7nt and Richmond hadD fell, it was aE7 time I remember oh so...
Take what you need and leave the rest, they should have never taken, the very...
And I swear by the mud below my feet, you can't raise up the Caine, when its in...
A9sus4 A
...well...
...best...
...defeat..
(Chorus)
D* Gmaj7 D* Gmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
D* Gmaj7 D* Gmaj7
the night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singing, they said
D* Bm A Gmaj7 A
Na na na na na na No no no no no no no no
(Back to next Verse or outro last time)
D* Bm A Gmaj7
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no
Gmaj7 Gmaj7 A Bm
(End)