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Capo 1  

[Am]Virgil [C]Caine is my  name and     
I [F]drove on the Danville [Am]Train   
‘Til [C]so much [Am]cavalry came and    
[F]tore up the tracks a-[Am]gain   
[F]In the winter of [C]’65,    
We were [Am]hungry, just [F]barely alive   
[Am]I took the train to [F]Richmond that fell   
It was a [C]time I re-[Am]member oh so [D]well   [D7]
    
The [C]night they [F]drove old  Dixie [C]down   
And all the [Am]bells were ringin’   
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down    
And all the [Am]people were singin’   
They went [C]na…na-na [Am]na-na-na na…   
[D]Na-na na-na na [F]na na-na-na-na  [Am]
  
[Am]Back with my wife in [C]Tennessee    
And [F]one day she said to [Am]me    
[C] “Virgil, [Am]quick come see    
[F]There goes the Robert E. [Am]Lee!”   
Now [F]I don’t mind  [C]choppin’ wood, and    
I [Am]don’t care if the [F]money’s no good   
You [Am]take what you need 
and you [F]leave the rest    
But they should [C]never have 
[Am]taken the very [D]best  [D7]
 
The [C]night they [F]drove old  Dixie [C]down   
And all the [Am]bells were ringin’   
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down    
And all the [Am]people were singin’   
They went [C]na…na-na [Am]na-na-na na…   
[D]Na-na na-na na [F]na na-na-na-na  [Am]
   
[Am]Like my father be-[C]fore me  
[F]I'm a working [Am]man
[C]And like my brother be-[Am]fore me  
[F]I took a rebel [Am]stand   
Well he was [F]just eighteen, [C]proud and brave   
But a [Am]Yankee laid him [F]in his grave   
I [Am]swear by the blood be-[F]low my feet    
You can’t [C]raise a Caine back [Am]up 
when he’s in de-[D]feat  [D7]
     
The [C]night they [F]drove old  Dixie [C]down   
And all the [Am]bells were ringin’   
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down    
And all the [Am]people were singin’   
They went [C]na…na-na [Am]na-na-na na…   
[D]Na-na na-na na [F]na na-na-na-na  [Am]
      
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down, 
when all the [Am]bells were ringin’   
The [C]night they [F]drove old Dixie [C]down 
and all the [Am]people were singin’   
They went [C]na na-na [Am]na-na-na na 
[D]Na-na na-na na [F]na na-na-na-na [Am]*