The Night They Drove chords & tabs

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
By Robbie Robertson
(As performed by Joan Baez)
capo 1st fret
C  Am       C                                  F                                 Am
Virgil Caine is my name, and I drove on the Danville train,

C                      Am                        F                           Am
'Til Stoneman's Calvery came and tore up the tracks again.

F                      C                    Am              F
In the winter of '65, We were hungry, just barely alive.

Am                             F                                    C            Am                   D
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well,

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Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 09:18:24 +0930
From: Brian Moore 


THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN             Robbie Robertson

Intro'
| G | G (just after the third beat, single note run G A-B C-D)|

Em      G                  | C                     Em   |
Virgil Cain is my name and I drove on the Danville train
G               Em            |  C                  Em  |

THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
Joan Baez
Ear-transcribed by Matteo Scarinzi


Intro C C



Am      C                  | F                     Am   |
Virgil Cain is my name and I drove on the Danville train
C               Am            |  F                  Am  |
Till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
F                 C         | Am           F            |
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
Am                 F               |           C        Am        | D   |