Chords for Faded Coat of Blue - Original Carter Family

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My brave boy sleeps [Bb] in his faded coat of blue, [F] In a lowly grave unknown [C] lies a heart that beats so true.
_ [F] He stank, faint, and hungry [Bb] among the Spanish brave, And [F] they laid him sad and [C] lowly within his [F] nameless grave.
No more the bugle calls weary [Bb] one, _
[C] Rest noble spirit in their graves unknown,
_ For [F] we'll find you and know you [Bb] among the good and true, _ [F] Where a robe of white is given [C] for a faded [F] coat of blue. _
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[F] _ _ _ _ He cried, give me [Cm] water [Bb] and just a little crumb, [F] And my mother she will bless you [Am] through all the years to come,
[F] And tell my sweet sister [Bb] so gentle, good, and true, That [F] I'll meet her up in [C] heaven in my faded [F] coat of blue.
_ No more the bugle calls [Bb] weary one, [C] Rest noble spirit in their graves unknown,
_ For we'll find [F] you and know [Bb] you among the good and true, _ [F] Where a robe of white is given [C] for a faded coat of blue.
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[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ No dear one was nigh [Bb] him to close his mild blue eyes, [F] No gentle voice was by him [C] to give him sweet replies,
_ [F] No stone marks the lowly sod [Bb] on the lads of brave and true, [F] In a lowly grave he's sleeping [D] in [C] his faded coat [F] of blue.
_ No more the bugle calls weary [Bb] one, _ [C] Rest noble spirit in their graves unknown, _
For we'll find [F] you and know you [Bb] among the good and true, _ [F] Where a robe of white is given [C] for a faded coat [F] of blue. _ _ _