From A Georgia Battlefield Chords by Balsam Range

_ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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All my _ glorious dreams of battle and [F] my _ uniform [G] of gray _
Now are ruined as my blood spills [F] on this _ rock hard [G] Georgia clay _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ Sixteen summers I have seen pass [F] but to _ suffer [Gm] in this song
_ I declare _ I don't remember I [F] ever _ felt a [Gm] heart of war
_ [Bb] Take this _ message [Gm] to my mother [Bb] thirteen _ miles from [Gm] Birmingham
_ _ [F] Tell her _ I was [Gm] a good soldier _ [F] and I died a [Gm] brave young man
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We have fought through heat and hunger, _ [F] sleepless nights and [Gm] bitter frost _
But if _ Sherman takes Atlanta then [F] our _ cause is [Gm] surely lost
_ _ _ [G] _ [Gm] Sir I have no boots to give you, [F] mine wore through _ [Gm] sometime in May
_ But you can take my gun and powder, I [F] won't be _ needing [Gm] them today
_ [Bb] Take this _ message [Em] to my [Gm] mother [Bb] thirteen _ miles from [Gm] Birmingham
_ _ [F] Tell her I was [Gm] a good soldier [F] and I died a [Gm] brave young man _ _ _ _ _
In my _ pocket there's a bible with [F] a _ lock of [Gm] hair inside _
From my sweet Amanda Walker who [F] would make the [Gm] lovely bride _
_ _ _ _ [G] Oh the _ angels now are coming for [Dm] my _ final [Gm] breath is near
Yes for me this war is over but [F] my _ eyes will [Gm] show no fear
[Bb] Take this _ message [Gm] to my mother thirteen [Bb] _
miles from [Gm] Birmingham
_ [F] Tell her I was [Gm] a good soldier _ [F] and I _ died a [Gm] brave young man
_ [Bb] Take this _ message [Gm] to my mother [Bb] thirteen _ miles from [Gm] Birmingham
_ _ [F] Tell her I was [Gm] a good soldier [F] and I _ died a [G] brave young man _ _ _ _ _
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