Verse 1:
Am C/G F Am
Virgil Cain is the name and I served on the Danville train
C/G Am F Am
Till Stoneman’s cavalry came and tore up the tracks a-gain
F C Am F
In the winter of sixty-five, we were hungry, just barely alive
Am F
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell
C Am D
It was a time I re-member all so well
Chorus:
C/G F C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And all the bells were ringing
C/G F C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And all the people were singing. They went…
C/G Am D F
Na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na
Verse 2:
Am C/G F Am
Back with my wife in Tennessee when one day she called to me
C/G Am F Am
“Virgil, quick come see! There goes Robert Е. Lee”
F C Am
Now, I don’t mind choppin’ wood and I don’t care
F
if the money’s no good
Am F
You take what you need and you leave the rest
C Am D
But they should never have taken the very best
Chorus:
C/G F C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And all the bells were ringing
C/G F C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And all the people were singing. They went…
C/G Am D F
Na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na
Verse 3:
Am C/G F Am
Like my father be-fore me, I will work the land
C/G Am F Am
And like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
F C
He was just eighteen, proud and brave
Am F
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
Am F
I swear by the mud be-low my feet
C Am D
You can’t raise a Cain back up when he’s in de-feat
Chorus:
C/G F C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And all the bells were ringing
C/G F C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down
Am
And all the people were singing. They went…
C/G Am D F
Na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na
