JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" adalah lagu lawas yang ditulis dan dikomposisi oleh Robbie Robertson.
Lagu ini kemudian dibawakan oleh grup band The Band pada 1969.
Joan Baez juga turut melantunkan lagu ini pada 1971 yang dikemas lewat album Blessed are...
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" dari Joan Baez:
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
Am C F Am
Virgil Caine is my name and I drove on the Danville train
C Am F Am
'Til so much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
F C Am F
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
Am F C Am D D7
I took the train to Richmond that fell, it was a time I remember oh so well
[Chorus]
C Am F C Am
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringin'
C Am F C Am
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin', they went:
C Am D F C C/B C/A C/G C C/B C/A C/G
"Naa na-na naa na-na, na-naa na-naa na-naa na-na-naa"
[Verse 2]
Am C F Am
Back with my wife in Tennessee, and one day she said to me
C Am F Am
"Virgil, quick come see, there goes the Robert E Lee."
F C Am F
Now, I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good
Am F C Am D D7
Just take what you need and leave the rest, but they should never have taken the very best.
[Chorus]
C Am F C Am
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringin'
C Am F C Am
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin', they went:
C Am D F C C/B C/A C/G C C/B C/A C/G
"Naa na-na naa na-na, na-naa na-naa na-naa na-na-naa"
[Verse 3]
Am C F Am
Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man
C Am F Am
And like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand
F C Am F
Well, he was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
Am F C Am D D7
I swear by the blood below my feet, you can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.
[Chorus]
C Am F C Am
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringin'
C Am F C Am
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin', they went:
C Am D F F Am
"Naa na-na naa na-na, na-naa na-naa na-naa na-na-naa"