the night they drove — текст песни (baez joan)

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 |
Till Stoneman`s cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
C G | Em C |
In the winter of `65, we were hungry, just barely alive
Em C | G Em | A |
I drove a train to Richmond, Nefelle. It was a time I remember very well

G Em C | G Em |
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringin`
G Em C | G Em |
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin`, (they went)
G Em | A C | G | G intro` run |
Naa na-na naa na-na, na-naa na-naa na-naa naa na-naa na-na-naa


Back with my wife in Tennessee, one day she said to me
Virgil, quick come see, there goes the Robert E Lee.
Now. I don`t mind choppin` wood, and I don`t care if the money`s no good
You take what you need and you leave the rest, but they should never have taken the very best.

Refrain

Like my father before me, I`m a workin` man
Like my brother above me, I took a rebel stand
He was eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the blood beneath my feet, you can`t raise a Cain back up when he`s in defeat.

Refrain

(end on Em)

Supplied by Brian Moore bmoore@mars.lands.sa.gov.au
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