Tom: G
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[Verse 1]
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Virgil Caine is my name and I drove on the Danville train
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'Til so much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
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In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
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I took the train to Richmond that fell, it was a time I remember oh so well
[Chorus]
C Am F C Am
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringin'
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The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin', they went:
C Am D F | C C/B | C/A C/G | C C/B | C/A C/G |
"Naa na-na naa na-na, na-naa na-naa na-naa na-na-naa"
[Verse 2]
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Back with my wife in Tennessee, and one day she said to me
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"Virgil, quick come see, there goes the Robert E Lee."
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Now, I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good
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Just take what you need and leave the rest, but they should never have taken the very best.
[Chorus]
C Am F C Am
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringin'
C Am F C Am
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin', they went:
C Am D F | C C/B | C/A C/G | C C/B | C/A C/G |
"Naa na-na naa na-na, na-naa na-naa na-naa na-na-naa"
[Verse 3]
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Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man
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And like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand
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Well, he was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
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I swear by the blood below my feet, you can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.
[Chorus]
C Am F C Am
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringin'
C Am F C Am
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin', they went:
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"Naa na-na naa na-na, na-naa na-naa na-naa na-na-naa"
