Chords for The Band - "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (Lyrics on Screen)

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A

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The Band - "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (Lyrics on Screen) chords
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[C] [Am] [Em]
[C] [F] [G]
[C]
[A] a Virgil [C] Cadiz name and I [F] served on [Am] the [D] Danville train,
[Am] so [C] stone much calorie came [F] and they tore [A] up the tracks [Dm]
again.
[Am] In the winter [F] of 65,
[C] we were hungry [Dm] just a valley of life.
[Am] My may tell, [F] I reached when it fell,
[C] It's a time I [D]
remember oh so well.
[C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down,
When [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, na, na, [Am] na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, [C] na, na, na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
[C]
[Am] Back with my wife [C] in Tennessee, [F] when one day [A] she called [D] to me,
[A] [Am] said, Bird, [C] you're quick, come and see, [F] there goes [A] the Robert E.
[Dm] Lee.
[Am] Now, I don't mind [F] chopping wood, [C] and I don't care [Dm] if the money's no good.
[A] You take what you need [F] and you leave the rest,
but [C] they should never [Dm] have taken the [Am] [D] very best.
[C] The night that [F]
Golden Gate [C] sit down, when [F] all the bells were ringing,
[C] the night that [F]
Golden Gate [C] sit down, and [F] all the people were singing,
they [C] went, na, na, [A] na, na, na, na, [C] na, na, na, [Gm] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na.
[C]
[F] [C] [F]
[G] [A] Like my father [C] before me, [F] I've [Am] overcome [Dm] land,
[A] and like my [Am] brother [G] [C]
loved me, [F] who [Am] took the rebel [D] stand,
[A] he was just 18, [F] proud and brave, [C] but a Yankee, a [Dm] lady in his grave,
[A] and I swear by the boy [F] that fell on my feet,
you [C] can't raise a cane [Dm] back up [Am] when he's [D] in defeat.
[G] The [C] night that [F] Golden [C] Gate sit down, when [F] all the bells were ringing,
[C] the night [F] that Golden Gate [C] sit down, [F] and all the people were singing,
[C] they went, na, na, [Am] na, na, na, na, na, na, [C] na, na, na, na, na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, [C] na.
[Bm]
[Bb] [Am] [Ab] [G]
[Gbm] [C] The night [F] that Golden Gate [C] sit down, when [F]
all the bells were [C] ringing,
the night [F] that Golden Gate [C] sit down, [F] and all the people were singing,
[C] they went, na, na, [A] na, na, na, na, na, [C] na, na, na, na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
[C] [F] [C]
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A
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[C] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ a Virgil [C] Cadiz name and I [F] served on [Am] the [D] Danville train,
_ _ [Am] _ so [C] stone much calorie came [F] and they tore [A] up the tracks [Dm]
again.
_ _ [Am] _ In the winter [F] of 65,
_ [C] we were hungry _ [Dm] just a valley of life.
[Am] My may tell, [F] I reached when it fell,
[C] It's a time I [D]
remember oh so well. _ _ _
_ [C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down,
When [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, na, na, [Am] na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, [C] na, na, na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
[C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] Back with my wife [C] in Tennessee, _ [F] when one day [A] she called [D] to me,
_ _ [A] _ [Am] said, Bird, [C] you're quick, come and see, [F] there goes [A] the Robert E.
[Dm] Lee.
_ _ [Am] Now, I don't mind [F] chopping wood, [C] and I don't care [Dm] if the money's no good.
[A] You take what you need [F] and you leave the rest,
but [C] they should never [Dm] have taken the [Am] [D] very _ _ best. _
_ [C] The night that [F]
Golden Gate [C] sit down, _ when [F] all the bells were ringing,
[C] the _ night that [F]
Golden Gate [C] sit down, and [F] all the people were singing,
they [C] went, na, na, [A] na, na, na, na, [C] na, na, na, [Gm] na, [F] na, na, na, na, na.
[C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ [A] _ Like my father [C] before me, _ [F] I've [Am] overcome [Dm] land,
_ _ [A] and like my [Am] brother [G] _ [C]
loved me, [F] who [Am] took the rebel [D] stand,
_ [A] he was just 18, [F] proud and brave, [C] but a Yankee, a [Dm] lady in his grave,
[A] and I swear by the boy [F] that fell on my feet,
you [C] can't raise a cane [Dm] back up [Am] when he's [D] in defeat. _ _ _ _ _
[G] The _ [C] night that [F] Golden [C] Gate sit down, _ when [F] all the bells were ringing,
[C] the night _ [F] that Golden Gate [C] sit down, _ [F] and all the people were singing,
[C] they went, na, na, [Am] na, na, na, na, na, na, [C] na, na, na, na, na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, [C] na.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _
_ [Gbm] _ [C] The night [F] that Golden Gate [C] sit down, when _ [F]
all the bells were [C] ringing,
the _ night [F] that Golden Gate [C] sit down, _ [F] and all the people were singing,
[C] they went, na, na, [A] na, na, na, na, na, [C] na, na, na, na, [F] na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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