Chords for The Black Crowes - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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[C] Virgil Payne is my name [F] and I served [E] on the [Dm] Danville train
[Am] So _ slow [C] those cavalry came [F] and tore [C] up the tracks [Dm] again
In [C] _ the winter [F] of 65 _ [C] we were hungry [Dm] just barely alive
[C] Well, Big Ben, [F] Richmond and Maryland's [C] the town _ [Dm] I remember [D] oh so _ _ well
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And [F] they drove old Dixie [C] down, _ [F] I'm still praying
[C] They drove _ [F] _ old [C] Dixie down, _ [F] I'm beating my [C] savior's name _ _
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_ [F] _ _ _ [C] Like _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ with my [C] wife in Tennessee, _ [F] one [E] day she [Dm] said to me
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Well, [C] Virgil, quick come see, [F] says there [C] goes a Robert [Dm] E.
Lee
_ [C] I don't mind _ [F] chopping wood, [C] and I don't care [Dm] if the money's no good
You [C] take what you need, [F] then you leave the rest
[C] Or they should never _ [Dm] have taken the very [D] _ _
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_ _ [C] I _ _ [F] say, don't hold [C] Pixie down
_ [F] I'm fed up with [C] writing
I _ [F] say, don't hold [C] Pixie down
_ _ [F] People want [C] blank pages, baby
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like my father [C] before me
[F] I [C] will work the [Dm] land
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Like my brother [C] before me
[F] I [C] took more [Dm] rebel slings
_ [C] _ Cause they take [F] pride and grace
[C] To the Yankee [Dm] laden in his grace
[C] Spare my son, [F] don't need my faith
You [C] can't present _ [Dm] my son when he's in [D] the _ _ face
_ _ [C] _ I say, [F] don't hold [C] Pixie down _ _
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[F] _ I'm _ [C] _ _ fed [F] _ up with [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] writing
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[F] _ _ [C] _ _ say, [F] don't hold [C] Pixie _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
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_ [C] down
_ [F] People want blank [C] pages, baby
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