Am C F Dm
Virgil Caine is my name, and I drove on the Danville train,
Am C F Dm
Til Stonewall's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.
C F C F
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive.
Am F
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell
C Am D-D7
It was a time I remember oh so well.
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C F C Am
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringing.
C F C Am
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singing.
C Am D F
They went, "Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na."
Am C F Dm
Back with my wife in Tennessee, one day she said to me.
Am C F Dm
"Virgil, quick come see, here comes the Robert E. Lee."
C F
Well I don't mind chopping wood,
C F
And I don't care if my money's no good.
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Am C F
You take what you need and leave the rest,
C Am D-D7
But they should never have taken the very best.
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Am C F Dm
Like my father before me, I will work the land.
Am C F Dm
And like my brother up above me, I took a rebel stand.
C F C F
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave.
Am C F
I swear by the blood below my feet,
C Am D-D7
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.
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