The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Chords by The Band

_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
And I _ [F] served [Am] on the Danville [Dm]
train, _ _ [Am] _ till [C] Stonewall's cavalry came [F] and tore [Am] up the tracks [Dm] again.
_ _ [Am] _ In the winter [F] of 65, _ [C] we were hungry for [Dm] just a daily [B] life.
[Am] By May the 10th, [F] the Richmonders fell [C] at the time, [Dm] all in the old [D] Stonewall Way.
_ _ _ [C] The _ night [F] they drove old Jackson [C]
down, with [F] all the people down there.
[C] _
_ _ [F] They drove old Jackson [C]
down, and [F] all the people were [C] singing, _
_ _ [Am] Back _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
with my wife [C] in Tennessee, _ [F] when one [Am] day she called [Dm] me,
_ _ _ [Am] _
Said, Fred, [C] you quit gushing, _ [F]
there [Am] goes the poverty [Dm] league.
_ _ [Am]
I don't _ [F] mind chopping wood, [C] and I don't care [Dm] if my money's over,
[Am] You take what you need, [F] and you leave the rest, but [C] this will never _ [Dm] have taken the daily [D] _
bread.
_ [Am] _ [C] The night [F] they drove old Jackson [C] down, _ [F] when all the bells were ringing,
[C] _ The night [F] they drove old Jackson [C] down, when [F] all the people were singing,
[C] _ Na na [Am] na na na, na na na na [F] na, na na na na na,
_ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ Like my father [G] did [C] for me, _ [F] I [Am] will work the [D] land,
And [Am] _ like my father [C] _ _
_ _ [F] who [Am] took the [D] devil's stand, [Dm] _ [Am] he was just eighteen, [F] proud and brave.
[C] But a Yankee [Dm] hit him in his grave, [Am] and I swear by the blood [F] and loathing,
it [C] didn't ring, came [Dm] back up [D] when he turned eighteen.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
The night [F] they drove Old [C] Dixie down,
_ [F] all the girls were mad at [C] me.
The night [F] they drove Old [C] Dixie down,
and [F] all the people were thanking [C] me.
_ Now, [Am] _ _ now, [D] _
now, [Am] now, [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] [C] now, now,
the night _ [F] _ _ Old [C] Dixie's gone,
_ and all [F] the girls are [C] ringing,
the night [F] they drove Old [C] Dixie down,
and [F] all the people were thanking [C] _
me.
Now, _ [Am] _ _ now, now, now, now, now, now, _ [F] now, now, now.
_ [C] _