Chords for Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - 45 RPM
Tempo:
129.05 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Ab] [Db]
[Bbm] And Virgil [Db] Cain is my name and [Gb] I drove on that bandwheel
[Bbm] [Db] And I took the train till so much [Bbm] cavalry came [Gb] and tore up the [Bbm] tracks again
[Gb] In the winter [Db] of 65 [Bbm] we were hungry [Gb] just barely alive
[Bbm] I took the train [Gb] to Richmond that fell it [Db] was a time [Bbm] I remember oh so [Ab] [Eb]
well
[Db] Of night [Bbm] they drove [Gb] old [Db] Dixie down [Bbm] and all the bells were ringing
[Db] And
[Bbm] [Gb] [Db]
[Bbm] all the people were singing [Db] they went
La la [Bbm] [Eb] la la la [Gb] la
[Db] [Fm] [Bbm] [Ab]
[Db] [Fm] [Bbm] [Ab]
[Bbm] Back with my wife [Db] in Tennessee [Gb] and one day she said [Bbm] to me
[Db] [Bbm] Virgil quick come see [Gb] there goes the Robert [Bbm] E.
Lee
[Gb] Now I don't [Db] mind I'm chopping wood [Bbm] and I don't care [Gb] if the money's no good
[Bbm] Just take what you [Gb] need and leave the rest but [Db] they should never [Bbm] have taken the [Eb] very [Ab] [Eb] best
[Db] Of night [Bbm] they drove [Gb] old [Db] Dixie down [Bbm] and all the bells were ringing
[Db] And [Bbm] [Gb]
[Db] [Bbm] all the people were singing they [Db] went
La [Bbm]
[Eb] la la la [Gb]
[Db] [Fm]
[Bbm] [Ab] [Db] [C]
[Bbm] [Ab] [Bbm] la
Like my father [Db] before me [Gb] I'm a [Bbm] working [Db] man
And like my [Bbm] brother before [Gb] me I took a [Bbm] rebel stand
Well [Gb] he was just 18 [Db]
proud and brave [Bbm] but a Yankee [Gb] laid him in his grave
[Bbm] I swear by the [Gb] blood below my feet you [Db] can't raise the cane [Bbm] back up when it's [Eb] in the [Eb] feed
[Db] Of night [Bbm] they [Gb] drove old [Db] Dixie down [Bbm] and all the bells were [Db] ringing
And [Bbm]
[Gb] [Db] [Bbm] all the people were singing [Db] they went
[Bbm] [Eb] [Gb]
[Bb]
[Ab] [Db]
[Bbm] And Virgil [Db] Cain is my name and [Gb] I drove on that bandwheel
[Bbm] [Db] And I took the train till so much [Bbm] cavalry came [Gb] and tore up the [Bbm] tracks again
[Gb] In the winter [Db] of 65 [Bbm] we were hungry [Gb] just barely alive
[Bbm] I took the train [Gb] to Richmond that fell it [Db] was a time [Bbm] I remember oh so [Ab] [Eb]
well
[Db] Of night [Bbm] they drove [Gb] old [Db] Dixie down [Bbm] and all the bells were ringing
[Db] And
[Bbm] [Gb] [Db]
[Bbm] all the people were singing [Db] they went
La la [Bbm] [Eb] la la la [Gb] la
[Db] [Fm] [Bbm] [Ab]
[Db] [Fm] [Bbm] [Ab]
[Bbm] Back with my wife [Db] in Tennessee [Gb] and one day she said [Bbm] to me
[Db] [Bbm] Virgil quick come see [Gb] there goes the Robert [Bbm] E.
Lee
[Gb] Now I don't [Db] mind I'm chopping wood [Bbm] and I don't care [Gb] if the money's no good
[Bbm] Just take what you [Gb] need and leave the rest but [Db] they should never [Bbm] have taken the [Eb] very [Ab] [Eb] best
[Db] Of night [Bbm] they drove [Gb] old [Db] Dixie down [Bbm] and all the bells were ringing
[Db] And [Bbm] [Gb]
[Db] [Bbm] all the people were singing they [Db] went
La [Bbm]
[Eb] la la la [Gb]
[Db] [Fm]
[Bbm] [Ab] [Db] [C]
[Bbm] [Ab] [Bbm] la
Like my father [Db] before me [Gb] I'm a [Bbm] working [Db] man
And like my [Bbm] brother before [Gb] me I took a [Bbm] rebel stand
Well [Gb] he was just 18 [Db]
proud and brave [Bbm] but a Yankee [Gb] laid him in his grave
[Bbm] I swear by the [Gb] blood below my feet you [Db] can't raise the cane [Bbm] back up when it's [Eb] in the [Eb] feed
[Db] Of night [Bbm] they [Gb] drove old [Db] Dixie down [Bbm] and all the bells were [Db] ringing
And [Bbm]
[Gb] [Db] [Bbm] all the people were singing [Db] they went
[Bbm] [Eb] [Gb]
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_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ And Virgil [Db] Cain is my name and [Gb] I drove on that bandwheel
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] And I took the train till so much [Bbm] cavalry came [Gb] and tore up the [Bbm] tracks again
_ _ [Gb] _ In the winter [Db] of 65 _ [Bbm] we were hungry _ [Gb] just barely alive
[Bbm] I took the train [Gb] to Richmond that fell it [Db] was a time [Bbm] I remember oh so _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _
well
_ _ _ [Db] _ Of night [Bbm] they drove [Gb] old [Db] Dixie down [Bbm] and all the bells were ringing
[Db] And _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Bbm] all the people were singing [Db] they went
La la [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ la la la [Gb] la _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _
[Bbm] Back with my wife [Db] in Tennessee _ [Gb] and one day she said [Bbm] to _ me
[Db] _ _ _ [Bbm] Virgil quick come see [Gb] there goes the Robert [Bbm] E.
Lee _ _
[Gb] Now I don't [Db] mind I'm chopping wood [Bbm] and I don't care [Gb] if the money's no good
[Bbm] Just take what you [Gb] need and leave the rest but [Db] they should never _ [Bbm] have taken the [Eb] very [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ best
[Db] Of night [Bbm] they drove [Gb] old [Db] Dixie down [Bbm] and all the bells were ringing
[Db] And _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Db] _ _ _ [Bbm] all the people were singing they [Db] went
_ La [Bbm] _ _ _
[Eb] la la la _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
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[Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Db] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ la
Like my father [Db] before me [Gb] _ _ I'm a [Bbm] working _ _ [Db] man
And like my [Bbm] brother before _ [Gb] me I took a [Bbm] rebel stand
Well [Gb] he was just 18 [Db]
proud and brave [Bbm] but a Yankee [Gb] laid him in his grave
[Bbm] I swear by the [Gb] blood below my feet you [Db] can't raise the cane [Bbm] back up when it's [Eb] in the _ [Eb] feed _ _
_ [Db] Of night [Bbm] they [Gb] drove old [Db] Dixie down [Bbm] and all the bells were [Db] ringing
And _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Bbm] all the people were singing [Db] they went
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_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ And Virgil [Db] Cain is my name and [Gb] I drove on that bandwheel
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] And I took the train till so much [Bbm] cavalry came [Gb] and tore up the [Bbm] tracks again
_ _ [Gb] _ In the winter [Db] of 65 _ [Bbm] we were hungry _ [Gb] just barely alive
[Bbm] I took the train [Gb] to Richmond that fell it [Db] was a time [Bbm] I remember oh so _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _
well
_ _ _ [Db] _ Of night [Bbm] they drove [Gb] old [Db] Dixie down [Bbm] and all the bells were ringing
[Db] And _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Bbm] all the people were singing [Db] they went
La la [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ la la la [Gb] la _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _
[Bbm] Back with my wife [Db] in Tennessee _ [Gb] and one day she said [Bbm] to _ me
[Db] _ _ _ [Bbm] Virgil quick come see [Gb] there goes the Robert [Bbm] E.
Lee _ _
[Gb] Now I don't [Db] mind I'm chopping wood [Bbm] and I don't care [Gb] if the money's no good
[Bbm] Just take what you [Gb] need and leave the rest but [Db] they should never _ [Bbm] have taken the [Eb] very [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ best
[Db] Of night [Bbm] they drove [Gb] old [Db] Dixie down [Bbm] and all the bells were ringing
[Db] And _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Db] _ _ _ [Bbm] all the people were singing they [Db] went
_ La [Bbm] _ _ _
[Eb] la la la _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Db] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ la
Like my father [Db] before me [Gb] _ _ I'm a [Bbm] working _ _ [Db] man
And like my [Bbm] brother before _ [Gb] me I took a [Bbm] rebel stand
Well [Gb] he was just 18 [Db]
proud and brave [Bbm] but a Yankee [Gb] laid him in his grave
[Bbm] I swear by the [Gb] blood below my feet you [Db] can't raise the cane [Bbm] back up when it's [Eb] in the _ [Eb] feed _ _
_ [Db] Of night [Bbm] they [Gb] drove old [Db] Dixie down [Bbm] and all the bells were [Db] ringing
And _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Bbm] all the people were singing [Db] they went
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
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