WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Richie Havens - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Chords | Ver. 1
Tuning DADF#AD
Chords used...moving down frets...
D* 12 12 12 12 0 0
Bm 9 9 9 8 9 9
A 7 7 7 7 7 7
A9sus 7 7 7 5 5 5
Gmaj7 5 5 5 5 5 4
E7 2 2 2 2 0 0
D 0 0 0 0 0 0
This is similar to "Live At the Cellar Door", Track 5
(Intro)
Bm A Gmaj7 (D)
Bm A Gmaj7 (D)
(Verses)
Bm A Gmaj7 (D)
Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville Train
Back home in Tennessee when my wife called to me
Like my father before me, oh I shall work the lands
Bm A Gmaj7
'til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
Virgil quick come see there goes the Robert E. Lee
Like my brother below me he took a rebel stand
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
in the winter of '65 we were hungry just barely alive
Now I don't mind chopping wood and I don't care if the money's no good
Well he was just 18 and proud and brave, and a yankee laid him in his grave
D Gmaj7 D E7
I pitched my tent and Richmond had fell, it was a time I remember oh so...
Take what you need and leave the rest, they should have never taken, the very...
And I swear by the mud below my feet, you can't raise up the Caine, when its in...
A9sus4 A
...well...
...best...
...defeat..
(Chorus)
D* Gmaj7 D* Gmaj7
The night they drove Old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
D* Gmaj7 D* Gmaj7
the night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singing, they said
D* Bm A Gmaj7 A
Na na na na na na No no no no no no no no
(Back to next Verse or outro last time)
D* Bm A Gmaj7
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no
Gmaj7 Gmaj7 A Bm
(End)
