2017 Rock Hall Inductee Joan Baez & Guests Perform "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" Chords

Tempo:
135.4 bpm
Chords used:

Am

C

F

Em

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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2017 Rock Hall Inductee Joan Baez & Guests Perform "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" chords
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Okay, this next song, please feel free to sing on the chorus with us or any parts of it you might know.
[E] [Am] [C] Virgil Cain is my name and [F] I drove on the [Em] Danville [Am] train
[C] Till [Em] someone's cavalry [F] came and tore up the [Em] tracks again
[F] In the winter [C] of 65
[Am] We were hungry [F] just barely alive.
[Em] I took a [C] train to Richmond that fell it was a time I
[Am] remember oh [D] so well
[C] [F]
[C] And [Am] all the bells were [C] ringing
The night [Am] they drove old [C] Dixie down [Am] and all the people were singing [C] they went
[Am]
[D] [A] [F]
[C]
[Bm] [C]
[Am] That was my wife in Tennessee and [F] one day she [Am] said to me
[C]
[Am] Virgil quit come see [F] there goes Robert [Am] E Lee
[F] I don't [C] mind
Shopping wood, [Am] and I don't care [F] if the money's no good
[Am] Take what you need and [F] you leave the rest.
They [C] should never [Am] have
taken the very
[D]
[C]
[F] drove old Dixie [C] down and [Am] all the bells were ringing [C] the night
[Am] They drove [F] old Dixie down and [Am] all the people [F] were singing they [C] went
[Am] [F#m]
[F]
[C] [Am]
[C] [Am]
Like my father [C] before me
[F] I'm a working [Am] man
[C] Like my father [Am] before [F] me.
I took a rebel stand
It's just a team
[C]
[Em] [F]
[Am] You [C] can't raise a cane [Am] back up when it's in [D] defeat
[C] Night [Am] drove old [C] Dixie down and [Em] all the bells were
[F] [C] They [Am] drove old [C] Dixie down and [Am] all the people were singing they [C] went
[Am] [D] [F]
[C]
[Am] [C]
[G] [Em] [Am]
[E]
[N]
Key:  
Am
2311
C
3211
F
134211111
Em
121
D
1321
Am
2311
C
3211
F
134211111
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To learn Joan Baez - (with Mary Chapin Carpenter, Amy Ray & Emily Saliers, Live) The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: Am, C, Am, F, C, F and Am. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 67 BPM and then match the original tempo of 135 BPM. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: C Major.

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Okay, this next song, please feel free to sing on the chorus with us or any parts of it you might know. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Am] _ [C] Virgil Cain is my name and [F] I drove on the [Em] Danville [Am] train
_ [C] _ _ Till [Em] someone's cavalry [F] came and tore up the [Em] tracks again
_ [F] _ In the winter [C] of 65
[Am] We were hungry [F] just barely alive.
[Em] I took a [C] train to Richmond that fell it was a time I
[Am] _ remember oh [D] so well _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ And [Am] all the bells were [C] ringing
The night _ [Am] they drove old [C] Dixie down [Am] and all the people were singing [C] they went
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ That _ was my wife in Tennessee _ and [F] one day she [Am] said to me
_ _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] Virgil quit come see [F] there goes Robert [Am] E Lee
_ _ [F] I don't [C] mind
Shopping wood, [Am] and I don't care [F] if the money's no good
[Am] Take what you need and [F] you leave the rest.
They [C] should never _ [Am] have
taken the very
[D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] drove old Dixie [C] down and [Am] all the bells were ringing [C] the night _
[Am] They drove [F] old Dixie down and [Am] all the people [F] were singing they [C] went _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ Like my father [C] before me _
_ [F] I'm a working _ [Am] man _
_ [C] Like my father [Am] before _ [F] me.
I took a rebel stand _
It's just a team
[C] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ You [C] can't raise a cane [Am] back up when it's in [D] defeat _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Night _ _ _ [Am] drove old [C] Dixie down and [Em] all the bells were
[F] [C] They _ _ _ [Am] drove old [C] Dixie down and [Am] all the people were singing they [C] went
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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