The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - guitar chords and comments
Lyrics without distraction HERE
Famous track from famous 1969 album "The Band" - and B-side on single "Up on Cripple Creek" same year. Remarkable covers: Joan Baez (1971) and Johnny Cash (1975). Songwriter Robbie Robertson (1943–2023) had a versatile career after "The Last Waltz" with The Band, as a solo artist, film music composer and advocating the indian's rights - due to his Mohawk heritage. The timeline is left with the icon at the bottom of this page.:/:D ... F#m ... Em ... A:/: Bm D G Bm Virgil Caine is my name and I served on the Danville train D F#m Bm G Bm till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again G D Bm Em7 in the winter of sixty-five we were hungry just barely alive Bm D by may the tenth Richmond had fell Bm E7+9 Em7...A it was a time I remember all so well D G D the night they drove old Dixie down Bm Em7 and all the bells were ringing D G D the night they drove old Dixie down Bm Em7 and all the people were singing they went D Bm E Em7 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
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