(C) - (Amin)Virgil (C)Caine is the name, and I (F)served on the Danville (Dmin)train,
(Amin)'Til Stoneman's (C)cavalry came and (F)tore up the tracks (Dmin)again.
(Amin)In the winter of (F)'65, We were (C)hungry, just (Dmin)barely alive.
By (Amin)May the tenth, (F)Richmond had fell,
It's a(C) time I (F)remember, oh so (Dmin)well,(D)
The
(C)Night
They (Fmaj7)Drove
Old Dixie (C)Down,
and the (Fmaj7)bells
were ringing,
The
(C)Night
They (Fmaj7)Drove
Old Dixie (C)Down,
and the (Fmaj7)people
were singin'.
They
went
(C)La,
La, La, (Amin)La,
La, La, (G)La,
La, (F)La,
La, La, La, La, La.
Back with my wife
in Tennessee, When one day she called to me,
"Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E. Lee!"
Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good.
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest,
But they should never have taken the very best.
The
(C)Night
They (Fmaj7)Drove
Old Dixie (C)Down,
and the (Fmaj7)bells
were ringing,
The
(C)Night
They (Fmaj7)Drove
Old Dixie (C)Down,
and the (Fmaj7)people
were singin'.
They
went
(C)La,
La, La, (Amin)La,
La, La, (G)La,
La, (F)La,
La, La, La, La, La.
Like my father before
me, I will work the land,
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand.
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, But a Yankee laid him in his grave,
I swear by the mud below my feet,
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.
The
(C)Night
They (Fmaj7)Drove
Old Dixie (C)Down,
and the (Fmaj7)bells
were ringing,
The
(C)Night
They (Fmaj7)Drove
Old Dixie (C)Down,
and the (Fmaj7)people
were singin'.
They
went
(C)La,
La, La, (Amin)La,
La, La, (G)La,
La, (F)La,
La, La, La, La, La.
