Chords for Robbie Fulks/Rick Danko/NTO The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

We're going to bring some _ _ _ disciples of the band [D] out here right now.
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr.
Robbie Folks. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
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_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] Virgil Cain is the name and [F] I served [C] on the dental [Dm]
train.
_ [Am] _ _ Just [C] down Lynch Cavalry came [F] and they tore [Em] up at cracks [Dm] again.
_ [Em] _ In the [F] winter of 65, [C] we were hungry, [Dm] just barely alive.
[Em] By May [F] 10th, Richmond had fell.
[C] It's a time [Dm] I remember oh so [D] _ _ well.
[C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down.
And [F] all the bells were [C] ringing.
The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down.
And [F] all the people were singing.
[C] They went la, [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] la, _ [F] _
la, la, la, [C] la. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Am] Back with my [C] wife in Tennessee.
_ [F] When one [C] day she [Dm] called to _ me.
[Am] _ _ Virgil, [C] Queen, come sing.
[F] There [Em] goes [Dm] Robert E.
Lee. _
_ [Em] Now I don't [F] mind chopping wood.
[C] And I don't care [Dm] if the money's no good.
[Am] You take what you need and you [F] leave the rest.
[C] But they should never [Dm] have taken the very [D] _ best.
[C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down.
And [F] all the bells [D] were ringing.
[C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down.
And [F] all the people were [C] singing.
They went la, _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] la, la, la, [F] _
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[F] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Am] la, la, la.
Like my father [C] before me.
[F] I [Em] will work [Dm] the land. _
_ [Am] _ And like my [C] brother before me.
[F] He took [Em] a rebel [Dm] stand. _
[Em] He was just 18, [F] proud and brave.
[C] But a Yankee [Dm] laid him in his grave.
[Am] I swear by the [F] blood of the low-lying feet.
[C] You can't raise a cane [Dm] back up when it's said [D] to be.
_ [C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down. _
And all the bells were ringing.
The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down. _
[D] And all the people were singing.
[C] They went la, [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] la, _ _
[F] la, la, la, [C] la, _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] la.
[C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down.
[G] And [F] all the bells were ringing.
[C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down.
And [F] all the people were singing.
[C] They went la, _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] la, la, _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
la, la, la, la.
Thanks for watching.
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[E] _ [B] Thank you.
Good night. _ _ _ _
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