Johnny Cash - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Bm D G Bm D Virgil Cain is my name, and I served on the Danville train Bm G Bm G Till Stonewall's cavalry came, and tore up the tracks again D Bm G Bm In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive G By May 10th, Richmond had fell D Bm E And it??s a time, I remember oh so well. Chorus: D Bm G D The Night, They Drove Old Dixie Down Bm And all the bells were ringin?? D Bm G D The Night, They Drove Old Dixie Down Bm And all the people were singing they went D Bm E G A# Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. Bm D G Bm D Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day, she called to me Bm G Bm G Virgil, quick come see, Virgil there goes the Robert E. Lee D Now I don't mind choppin?? wood Bm G And I don't care if the money's no good Bm G Just take what you need and you leave the rest D Bm E But they never should have taken, the very best. Chorus: Bm D G Bm D Like my father before me, I will work the land Bm G Bm And like my brother above me, he took a rebel stand G D He was just 18 proud and brave Bm G And a Yankee, laid him in his grave Bm G I swear my the mud below my feet D Bm E You can't raise the king back up when he's in defeat. Chorus: