The Band - The night they drove old dixie down
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Tuning: E A D G B E
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – The Band
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Written by: Robbie Robertson
From: “The Band” (1969)
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Link 1 (to Verse 1]
C [ Am ]
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e|----------------|0
B|1---------------|1
G|0-----------0---|2
D|2-----0-2-3---2-|2
A|3---------------|0
E|----------------|
Link 2 (end of Chorus 1 to Verse 2)
F C [ Am ]
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e --|----0-----------|----------------|0
B --|----1-----------|----------------|1
G --|--0-0-----------|--------------0-|2
D --h2---2-----------|--------0-2-3---|2
A 3-|----3-----------|----------------|0
E --|----------------|----------------|
[Link 3] (end of Chorus 2 to Verse 3)
F C C F C [ Am ]
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e --|----0-----0-----|1-------|----0-----------|----------------|0
B --|----1-----1-----|1-------|----1-----------|----------------|1
G --|--0-0-----0-----|2-------|--0-0-----------|------------0---|2
D --h2---2-----2-----|3-------h2---2-----------|------0-2-3-----|2
A 3-|----3-----3-----|3-----3-|----3-----------|----------------|0
E --|----------------|1-------|----------------|----------------|
[Link 4] (end of Chorus 3 to Chorus 4)
F C G/B Bb F/A Ddim/Ab C/G D/F# [ C/G ]
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D --h2---2-----------|0---0---3---3---|3---3---6---6---|2---2---0---0---|2
A 3-|----3-----------|2-------1-------|0---------------|----------------|x
E --|----------------|----------------|--------6-------|3-------2-------|3
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
C/E 0-x-2-0-1-0
Am/E 0-x-2-2-1-0
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-2
F (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
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[Intro]
| C |
(Link 1)
[Verse 1]
Am Virgil C/GCaine is the name, and I Fserved on the C/EDanville Dmtrain
Am 'Til Stoneman's C/Gcavalry came and Ftore up the C/Etracks aDmgain
Am/E In the winter of 'F65, We were C/Ghungry, just Dmbarely alive
Am/E By May the tenth, FRichmond had fell, it's a C/Gtime I reDmmember, oh so D/F#well
[Chorus 1]
The C/Gnight they Fmaj7drove Old Dixie C/Gdown, and the Fmaj7bells were ringing
The C/Gnight they Fmaj7drove Old Dixie C/Gdown, and the Fmaj7people were singin'
C/G Am Gsus4 F | C | % |
They went: Naah, na, na, naah, na, na Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na, na [Link 2)
[Verse 2]
Am Back with my wife in C/GTennessee, when Fone day she C/Ecalled to Dmme
Am "Virgil, C/Gquick, come see, Fthere goes the C/ERobert E. DmLee!"
Am/E Now I don't mind Fchoppin' wood, and I C/Gdon't care if the Dmmoney's no good
Ya Am/Etake what ya need and ya Fleave the rest
But they should C/Gnever have Dmtaken the very D/F#best
[Chorus 2]
The C/Gnight they drFmaj7ove Old Dixie C/Gdown, and the Fmaj7bells were ringing
The C/Gnight they Fmaj7drove Old Dixie C/Gdown, and the Fmaj7people were singin'
They went: C/G Naah, na, na, Amnaah, na, na
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Gsus4 F | C C | F | C | N.C. |
Na, na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na (Link 3)
[Verse 3]
Am Like my father beC/Gfore me, FI will C/Ework the Dmland
Am Like my brother aC/Gbove me, Fwho took a C/Erebel Dmstand
He was Am/Ejust eighteen, Fproud and brave, but a CYankee laid him Dmin his grave
Am/E I swear by the mud beFlow my feet
You can't Craise a Caine back Dmup when he's in deD/F#feat
[Chorus 3]
The C/Gnight they Fmaj7drove Old Dixie C/Gdown, and the Fmaj7bells were ringing
The C/Gnight they Fmaj7drove Old Dixie C/Gdown, and the Fmaj7people were singin'
They went: C/G Naah, na, na, Amnaah, na, na
Gsus4 F | C | G/B Bb | F/A Ddim/Ab | C/G D/F# |
Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na (Link 4)
[Chorus 4] (fade out)
The C/Gnight they Fmaj7drove Old Dixie C/Gdown, and the Fmaj7bells were ringing,
The C/Gnight they Fmaj7drove Old Dixie C/Gdown, and the Fmaj7people were singin'.
C/G Am Gsus4 F | C | % |
They went: Naah, na, na, naah, na, na Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na