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| C am c/g f f/e dm Virgil caine is the name, and I served on the danville train, Am c/g f f/e dm til stonemans cavalry came and tore up the tracks again. Am/e f c dm In the winter of 65, we were hungry, just barely alive. Am/e f c dm d By may the tenth, richmond had fell, its a time I remember, oh so well, (chorus) C/g fmaj7 c/g fmaj7 The night they drove old dixie down, and the bells were ringing, C/g fmaj7 c/g fmaj7 The night they drove old dixie down, and the people were singin. they went C/g am gsus4 f c La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, Am c f f/e dm Back with my wife in tennessee, when one day she called to me, Am c f f/e dm Virgil, quick, come see, there goes robert e. lee! Am/e f c dm Now I dont mind choppin wood, and I dont care if the moneys no good. Am/e f Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest, C dm d But they should never have taken the very best. (chorus) Am c f f/e dm Like my father before me, I will work the land, Am c f f/e dm Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand. Am/e f c dm He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a yankee laid him in his grave, Am/e f I swear by the mud below my feet, C dm d You cant raise a caine back up when hes in defeat. |
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