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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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]
[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
C
F
Em
D
Am
C
F
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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _