Chords for The Racoons - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Tempo:
138.3 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Am
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[G] [Am]
[C] Virgil Kane is the name and [F] I served [Em] on the [Dm] Danville train.
[Am] The [C] snowman's calorie came [F] and tore [Am] up the tracks [Dm] again.
[Em] [Am] In the winter [F] of 65, [C] we were hungry, [Dm] just barely [Am] alive.
By May 10th, [F] Richmond had fell.
[C] It's a time that I [D] remember oh so well.
The [C] night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, [F] all them bells were ringing.
[C] The night [F] they drove [C] old Dixie down, all [F] the people were singing.
[C] Na, [Am] na, na, na, [G] na, na, na, [F] [G] [C]
[G] [Am] na.
Back with my wife [C] in Tennessee, one day she came [Dm] to me.
[D] [Am]
[C] Virgil Quincy, [F] there [C]
goes Robert [Dm] E.
Lee.
[G] [C] Now I don't [F] mind chopping wood [C] and I don't [Em] care if the [Dm] money's no [C] good.
You take what you need and [F] then you leave the [C] rest.
Never
[Dm] taken the [D] very best.
[C] The night they [F] drove old [C] Dixie down, [F] all them bells were [C] ringing.
The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, all [F] the people were singing.
[C] They went na, [Am] na, na, na, na, [G] na, na, na, [F] na.
[G] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
[G] [A] [Am] Without my father [G] before me, [F] I'm [C] gonna [G] work this [Dm]
land.
[G] [Am] [C]
He took a red-foot [Bm] stand.
[Dm]
[G] He was [Em] just 18, [F] proud and brave.
[C] Until a Yankee [Em] [Dm] put him in his grave.
[G] I [C] swear by the mud [F] under my [C]
feet, you can't raise a cane [Dm] back up when it's [D] in defeat.
[C] The [F] night they drove old [C] Dixie down, [F] all them bells were ringing.
[C] The [F] night they drove old [C] Dixie down, come on say it [F] again y'all.
[C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, [F] all the bells were ringing.
[C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, all [F] the people were singing.
[C] They went na, [Am] na, na, [G] na, na, na, [F]
[C]
[G] [Am]
[Gm] [C]
[G] [Am]
[G]
[Am] [D] [Am]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [C]
[Dm] [C]
[G] [Am]
na, na.
[C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, [F] all the bells [C] were ringing.
The night
[F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, [F] all the people were singing.
[C] They went na, [F] na, [C] na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] All the people were singing.
[C] They were
Na [Am]-na-na-na [G]-na-na-na-na-na [F]-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na [G] [C] [F]
[C]
-na-na, [A] yeah
[N]
[G] [Am]
[C] Virgil Kane is the name and [F] I served [Em] on the [Dm] Danville train.
[Am] The [C] snowman's calorie came [F] and tore [Am] up the tracks [Dm] again.
[Em] [Am] In the winter [F] of 65, [C] we were hungry, [Dm] just barely [Am] alive.
By May 10th, [F] Richmond had fell.
[C] It's a time that I [D] remember oh so well.
The [C] night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, [F] all them bells were ringing.
[C] The night [F] they drove [C] old Dixie down, all [F] the people were singing.
[C] Na, [Am] na, na, na, [G] na, na, na, [F] [G] [C]
[G] [Am] na.
Back with my wife [C] in Tennessee, one day she came [Dm] to me.
[D] [Am]
[C] Virgil Quincy, [F] there [C]
goes Robert [Dm] E.
Lee.
[G] [C] Now I don't [F] mind chopping wood [C] and I don't [Em] care if the [Dm] money's no [C] good.
You take what you need and [F] then you leave the [C] rest.
Never
[Dm] taken the [D] very best.
[C] The night they [F] drove old [C] Dixie down, [F] all them bells were [C] ringing.
The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, all [F] the people were singing.
[C] They went na, [Am] na, na, na, na, [G] na, na, na, [F] na.
[G] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
[G] [A] [Am] Without my father [G] before me, [F] I'm [C] gonna [G] work this [Dm]
land.
[G] [Am] [C]
He took a red-foot [Bm] stand.
[Dm]
[G] He was [Em] just 18, [F] proud and brave.
[C] Until a Yankee [Em] [Dm] put him in his grave.
[G] I [C] swear by the mud [F] under my [C]
feet, you can't raise a cane [Dm] back up when it's [D] in defeat.
[C] The [F] night they drove old [C] Dixie down, [F] all them bells were ringing.
[C] The [F] night they drove old [C] Dixie down, come on say it [F] again y'all.
[C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, [F] all the bells were ringing.
[C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, all [F] the people were singing.
[C] They went na, [Am] na, na, [G] na, na, na, [F]
[C]
[G] [Am]
[Gm] [C]
[G] [Am]
[G]
[Am] [D] [Am]
[F] [C]
[Dm] [C]
[Dm] [C]
[G] [Am]
na, na.
[C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, [F] all the bells [C] were ringing.
The night
[F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, [F] all the people were singing.
[C] They went na, [F] na, [C] na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] All the people were singing.
[C] They were
Na [Am]-na-na-na [G]-na-na-na-na-na [F]-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na [G] [C] [F]
[C]
-na-na, [A] yeah
[N]
Key:
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] Virgil Kane is the name and [F] I served [Em] on the [Dm] Danville train.
_ _ [Am] _ The [C] snowman's calorie came [F] and tore [Am] up the tracks [Dm] again.
_ [Em] _ [Am] _ In the winter [F] of 65, _ [C] we were hungry, [Dm] just barely _ [Am] alive.
By May 10th, [F] Richmond had fell.
[C] It's a time that I [D] _ remember oh so well. _
_ _ The _ [C] night _ [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, _ [F] all them bells were ringing.
[C] The night _ [F] they drove [C] old Dixie down, all [F] the people were singing.
[C] _ Na, _ [Am] _ na, na, na, [G] na, na, na, [F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] na.
Back with my wife [C] in Tennessee, _ one day she came [Dm] to me.
_ [D] _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ Virgil Quincy, [F] there [C]
goes Robert [Dm] E.
Lee.
[G] _ [C] Now I don't [F] mind chopping wood [C] and I don't [Em] care if the [Dm] money's no [C] good.
You take what you need and [F] then you leave the [C] rest.
Never _
[Dm] taken the [D] very best. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ The night they [F] drove old [C] Dixie down, _ [F] all them bells were [C] ringing.
The night _ [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, all [F] the people were singing.
[C] They went na, [Am] na, na, na, na, [G] na, na, na, [F] na.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [A] _ [Am] Without my father [G] before me, _ [F] I'm [C] gonna [G] work this [Dm]
land.
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
He took a red-foot [Bm] stand.
[Dm] _
_ [G] He was [Em] just 18, [F] proud and brave.
[C] Until a Yankee [Em] [Dm] put him in his grave.
[G] I [C] swear by the mud [F] under my [C]
feet, you can't raise a cane [Dm] back up when it's [D] in defeat. _ _ _ _ _
[C] The _ _ [F] night they drove old [C] Dixie down, _ [F] all them bells were ringing.
[C] The [F] night they drove old [C] Dixie down, come on say it [F] again y'all.
[C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, _ [F] all the bells were ringing.
[C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, all [F] the people were singing.
[C] They went na, _ [Am] na, na, [G] na, na, na, _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ na, na.
[C] _ _ The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, _ [F] all the bells [C] were ringing.
The night _
[F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, _ [F] all the people were singing.
[C] They went na, [F] na, _ _ [C] na, na, na, na, na, na, na. _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] All the people were singing.
[C] _ They were_
Na [Am]-na-na-na [G]-na-na-na-na-na [F]-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
-na-na, _ [A] yeah_
_ [N] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] Virgil Kane is the name and [F] I served [Em] on the [Dm] Danville train.
_ _ [Am] _ The [C] snowman's calorie came [F] and tore [Am] up the tracks [Dm] again.
_ [Em] _ [Am] _ In the winter [F] of 65, _ [C] we were hungry, [Dm] just barely _ [Am] alive.
By May 10th, [F] Richmond had fell.
[C] It's a time that I [D] _ remember oh so well. _
_ _ The _ [C] night _ [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, _ [F] all them bells were ringing.
[C] The night _ [F] they drove [C] old Dixie down, all [F] the people were singing.
[C] _ Na, _ [Am] _ na, na, na, [G] na, na, na, [F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] na.
Back with my wife [C] in Tennessee, _ one day she came [Dm] to me.
_ [D] _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ Virgil Quincy, [F] there [C]
goes Robert [Dm] E.
Lee.
[G] _ [C] Now I don't [F] mind chopping wood [C] and I don't [Em] care if the [Dm] money's no [C] good.
You take what you need and [F] then you leave the [C] rest.
Never _
[Dm] taken the [D] very best. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ The night they [F] drove old [C] Dixie down, _ [F] all them bells were [C] ringing.
The night _ [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, all [F] the people were singing.
[C] They went na, [Am] na, na, na, na, [G] na, na, na, [F] na.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [A] _ [Am] Without my father [G] before me, _ [F] I'm [C] gonna [G] work this [Dm]
land.
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
He took a red-foot [Bm] stand.
[Dm] _
_ [G] He was [Em] just 18, [F] proud and brave.
[C] Until a Yankee [Em] [Dm] put him in his grave.
[G] I [C] swear by the mud [F] under my [C]
feet, you can't raise a cane [Dm] back up when it's [D] in defeat. _ _ _ _ _
[C] The _ _ [F] night they drove old [C] Dixie down, _ [F] all them bells were ringing.
[C] The [F] night they drove old [C] Dixie down, come on say it [F] again y'all.
[C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, _ [F] all the bells were ringing.
[C] The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, all [F] the people were singing.
[C] They went na, _ [Am] na, na, [G] na, na, na, _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ na, na.
[C] _ _ The night [F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, _ [F] all the bells [C] were ringing.
The night _
[F] they drove old [C] Dixie down, _ [F] all the people were singing.
[C] They went na, [F] na, _ _ [C] na, na, na, na, na, na, na. _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] All the people were singing.
[C] _ They were_
Na [Am]-na-na-na [G]-na-na-na-na-na [F]-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
-na-na, _ [A] yeah_
_ [N] _ _