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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (D Major)
Artist: Joan Baez    Roman Numerals: I, m3, v, m7    Instrument: Guitar - Standard Tuning [E,A,D,G,B,E]    Entered by: PollyEV   
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D
(D,F♯,A)
- - D A D F♯
F
(F,A,C)
F C F A C F
Am
(A,C,E)
- A E A C E
C
(C,E,G)
x,3,2,0,1,0
- C E G C E


Verse 1
[AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Virgil		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] Caine is the name, and I		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] served on the Danville		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] train
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] 'Til Stonewall's		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] cavalry came, and		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] tore up the tracks a		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] gain.
[FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] In the winter of '		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] 65, we were		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] hungry, just		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] barely alive.
[AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] I took the train to		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] Richmond, it fell, it's a		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] time I re		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] member, oh so		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] well,

Chorus
The [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] night they		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] drove old Dixie		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] down, and all the		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] bells were ringing,
The [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] night they		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] drove old Dixie		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] down, and the		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] people were singin'.
They went, [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] La, La, La, La,		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] La,		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] La, La, La,		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] La, La, La, La
[AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] 		[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] 		[AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] 		[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] 		[AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth]

Verse 2
[AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Back with my wife in		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] Tennessee, when		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] one day she said to		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] me
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] "Virgil,		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] quick, come see,		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] there goes Robert E.		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Lee!"
[FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] Now I don't mind'		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] choppin' wood, and I		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] don't care if the		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] money's no good.
Ya [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] take what ya need, and		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] leave the rest,
but they should [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] never have		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] taken the very		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] best.
Repeat Chorus

Verse 3
[AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Like my father be		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] fore me,		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] I'm a workin'		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] man
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] Like my brother a		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] bove me,		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] I took a rebel		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] stand.
[AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] He was		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] just eighteen,		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] proud and brave, but a		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] Yankee laid him		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] in his grave
I [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] swear by the blood be		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] low my feet,
[AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] you can't		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] raise the cane back		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] up when its in		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] seed.

Outro Chorus
The [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] night they		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] drove old Dixie		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] down, and all the		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] bells were ringing,
The [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] night they		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] drove old Dixie		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] down, and the		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] people were singin'.
They went, [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] La, La, La, La,		 [AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] La,		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] La, La, La,		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Third] La, La, La, La
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