The Band - The night they drove old dixie down

^AmVirgil ^C/GCain is the name and I ^Fserved on the Danville ^Amtrain ^C/GTill Stoneman's ^Amcavalry came and ^Ftore up the tracks a-^Amgain ^FIn the winter of ^Csixty-five, we were ^Amhungry, just ^Fbarely alive By ^AmMay the tenth, ^FRichmond had fell It was a ^Ctime I re-^Ammember all so ^Dwell

The ^C/Gnight they ^Fdrove old Dixie ^C/Gdown And all the ^Ambells were ringing The ^C/Gnight they ^Fdrove old Dixie ^C/Gdown And all the ^Ampeople were singing. They went... ^C/GNa na na ^Amna na na, ^Dna na na na na ^Fna na na na

^AmBack with my wife in ^C/GTennessee when ^Fone day she called to ^Amme ^C/G"Vir^Amgil, quick come ^Fsee! There goes Rober^Amt E. Lee" Now, ^FI don't mind ^Cchoppin' wood and I ^Amdon't care if the ^Fmoney's no good You ^Amtake what you need and you ^Fleave the rest But they should ^Cnever have ^Amtaken the very ^Dbest

^AmLike my father be-^C/Gfore me, ^FI will work the ^Amland ^C/GAnd like my ^Ambrother above me, ^Fwho took a rebel ^Amstand He was ^Fjust eighteen, ^Cproud and brave But a ^AmYankee laid him ^Fin his grave I ^Amswear by the mud be-^Flow my feet You can't ^Craise a Cain back ^Amup when he's in de-^Dfeat