AmC
Virgil Caine is my name
FAm
And I served on the Danville train
CAm
'Till Stoneman's cavalry came
FAm
And tore up the tracks again
[Verse]
FC
In the winter of '65
AmFAm
We were hungry, just barely alive
FAm
By May the 10th, Richmond had fell
CAmD
It's a time I remember, oh so well
[Chorus]
CAmFC
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And the bells were ringing
CAmFC
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And the people were singing
CAm
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na na
DF
Na, na, na, na, na, na na"
[Verse]
AmC
Back with my wife in Tennessee
FAm
When one day she called to me
FAm
Said "Virgil, quick, come see, Virgil,
FAm
There goes the Robert E. Lee!"
[Verse]
FC
Now, I don't mind chopping wood
AmF
And I don't care if the money's no good
Am
You take what you need
F
And you leave the rest
C
But they never should
AmD
Have taken the very best
[Chorus]
CAmFC
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And the bells were ringing
CAmFC
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And the people were singing
CAm
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na na
DF
Na, na, na, na, na, na na"
[Verse]
AmC
Like my father before me
FAm
I will work the land
CAm
And like my brother above me
FAm
Who took a rebel stand
FC
He was just 18, proud and brave
AmF
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
AmF
I swear by the mud below my feet
CAm
You can't raise a Caine back up
D
When he's in defeat
[Chorus]
CAmFC
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And the bells were ringing
CAmFC
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And the people were singing
CAm
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na na
DF
Na, na, na, na, na, na na"
[Chorus]
CAmFC
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And the bells were ringing
CAmFC
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And the people were singing
CAm
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na na
DF
Na, na, na, na, na, na na"