Chords for Gary Brewer Graycoat Soldiers
Tempo:
104.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Em
C
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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All right, I'd like to go way back and get the song that so many of you has asked for and
Recorded back several years ago the great coat soldier
[Em]
[G] [A]
[Am]
[C]
[G] [Am]
[G]
Where the cold clear mountain [D] spring did roll the [C] green beach tree hung across the road
[C]
Armored [G] wagons caught the Sun [D] back in the year [E] of 61
[Em]
[G] now Sherman's army [D] marched around
[C] 64 [G] burn Georgia down
[C] sitting wings [G] to speak
[D]
ever living so
[Em] Great
[Em] cold [D] soldiers
[G] [E] Have gone
[G] Marching in
[D]
[Em] Ragged
[G] young wives [D] a
[Am] B's crowd
[G] alone
[Am]
poor fathers
They saw no more
[G] [C]
[G] They tore up the rails [D] and wrecked the bridge
down by that hill [G] called mission reach
[C] Hill it [G] rains for days and nights [D] and an end [E] was not in sight
[Em]
[G] a
Lord up your cannons [D] with nails and chains
No ways that would [G] drive a man insane
[C] Rifles ring [G] sharp and loud [D] in that [E] battle above the [Em] clouds
Great cold soldiers
[A]
[E] Have gone
[G] Marching in
[D] [E] Ragged
[Em] Young [G]
wives
[D] [C] babies
[Bm] Alone poor [Am] fathers
They saw no more
[G]
Now they're all gone to [D] the rocks and the [C] reels the green [G] graveyard on the hill
No one does recall the day
[D] Corporal Johnson [E] rolled [Em] away
[G] They loaded up their cannons with [D] nails and chains
[Am] No ways that would [G] drive a man insane
[C] Rifles [G] ring sharp and loud [D] in that battle [Em] above the clouds
Very cold
[D] Soldiers [E] have gone
[Em] Marching [G] in [D] ragged
[E]
Young [Em] [G] wives
[C] Babies cried [Em] alone
[A] Poor [Am] fathers [E] they saw no more
[Am] [D] [G] [C]
[G]
[Gm] [Bb]
[N]
Recorded back several years ago the great coat soldier
[Em]
[G] [A]
[Am]
[C]
[G] [Am]
[G]
Where the cold clear mountain [D] spring did roll the [C] green beach tree hung across the road
[C]
Armored [G] wagons caught the Sun [D] back in the year [E] of 61
[Em]
[G] now Sherman's army [D] marched around
[C] 64 [G] burn Georgia down
[C] sitting wings [G] to speak
[D]
ever living so
[Em] Great
[Em] cold [D] soldiers
[G] [E] Have gone
[G] Marching in
[D]
[Em] Ragged
[G] young wives [D] a
[Am] B's crowd
[G] alone
[Am]
poor fathers
They saw no more
[G] [C]
[G] They tore up the rails [D] and wrecked the bridge
down by that hill [G] called mission reach
[C] Hill it [G] rains for days and nights [D] and an end [E] was not in sight
[Em]
[G] a
Lord up your cannons [D] with nails and chains
No ways that would [G] drive a man insane
[C] Rifles ring [G] sharp and loud [D] in that [E] battle above the [Em] clouds
Great cold soldiers
[A]
[E] Have gone
[G] Marching in
[D] [E] Ragged
[Em] Young [G]
wives
[D] [C] babies
[Bm] Alone poor [Am] fathers
They saw no more
[G]
Now they're all gone to [D] the rocks and the [C] reels the green [G] graveyard on the hill
No one does recall the day
[D] Corporal Johnson [E] rolled [Em] away
[G] They loaded up their cannons with [D] nails and chains
[Am] No ways that would [G] drive a man insane
[C] Rifles [G] ring sharp and loud [D] in that battle [Em] above the clouds
Very cold
[D] Soldiers [E] have gone
[Em] Marching [G] in [D] ragged
[E]
Young [Em] [G] wives
[C] Babies cried [Em] alone
[A] Poor [Am] fathers [E] they saw no more
[Am] [D] [G] [C]
[G]
[Gm] [Bb]
[N]
Key:
G
D
Em
C
E
G
D
Em
All right, I'd like to go way back and get the song that so many of you has asked for and
Recorded back several years ago the great coat soldier _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Where the cold clear mountain [D] spring did roll the [C] green beach tree hung across the road
[C]
Armored [G] wagons caught the Sun [D] back in the year [E] of 61
_ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] now Sherman's army [D] marched around
[C] 64 _ [G] burn Georgia down
[C] sitting wings [G] to speak
[D]
ever living so
[Em] _ _ Great _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ cold _ [D] soldiers
_ _ [G] [E] Have gone _
_ _ [G] Marching in
[D] _ _
_ [Em] Ragged _ _ _ _
[G] young wives [D] a
[Am] B's crowd
[G] alone
_ _ [Am] _ _
poor fathers
They saw no more
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ They tore up the rails [D] and wrecked the bridge
down by that hill [G] called mission reach
_ [C] Hill it [G] rains for days and nights [D] and an end [E] was not in sight _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] a
Lord up your cannons [D] with nails and chains
No ways that would [G] drive a man insane
[C] Rifles ring [G] sharp and loud [D] in that [E] battle above the [Em] clouds _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Great cold soldiers
_ [A] _
_ [E] Have gone _ _ _ _
[G] Marching in
_ [D] _ _ [E] Ragged
_ [Em] _ _ _ Young [G] _
wives
[D] _ _ [C] babies
_ [Bm] Alone _ poor [Am] _ _ _ fathers
_ _ They saw no more _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now they're all gone to [D] the rocks and the [C] reels the green [G] graveyard on the hill
No one does recall the day
[D] Corporal Johnson [E] rolled [Em] away _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] They loaded up their cannons with [D] nails and chains
[Am] No ways that would [G] drive a man insane
[C] _ Rifles [G] ring sharp and loud [D] in that battle [Em] above the clouds _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Very cold
_ _ _ [D] Soldiers [E] have gone
_ [Em] _ _ Marching [G] in _ [D] ragged
_ [E] _ _
Young [Em] _ _ [G] _ wives _
_ _ [C] Babies cried _ [Em] alone
[A] Poor [Am] _ _ _ _ fathers _ [E] they saw no more
[Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
Recorded back several years ago the great coat soldier _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Where the cold clear mountain [D] spring did roll the [C] green beach tree hung across the road
[C]
Armored [G] wagons caught the Sun [D] back in the year [E] of 61
_ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] now Sherman's army [D] marched around
[C] 64 _ [G] burn Georgia down
[C] sitting wings [G] to speak
[D]
ever living so
[Em] _ _ Great _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ cold _ [D] soldiers
_ _ [G] [E] Have gone _
_ _ [G] Marching in
[D] _ _
_ [Em] Ragged _ _ _ _
[G] young wives [D] a
[Am] B's crowd
[G] alone
_ _ [Am] _ _
poor fathers
They saw no more
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ They tore up the rails [D] and wrecked the bridge
down by that hill [G] called mission reach
_ [C] Hill it [G] rains for days and nights [D] and an end [E] was not in sight _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] a
Lord up your cannons [D] with nails and chains
No ways that would [G] drive a man insane
[C] Rifles ring [G] sharp and loud [D] in that [E] battle above the [Em] clouds _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Great cold soldiers
_ [A] _
_ [E] Have gone _ _ _ _
[G] Marching in
_ [D] _ _ [E] Ragged
_ [Em] _ _ _ Young [G] _
wives
[D] _ _ [C] babies
_ [Bm] Alone _ poor [Am] _ _ _ fathers
_ _ They saw no more _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now they're all gone to [D] the rocks and the [C] reels the green [G] graveyard on the hill
No one does recall the day
[D] Corporal Johnson [E] rolled [Em] away _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] They loaded up their cannons with [D] nails and chains
[Am] No ways that would [G] drive a man insane
[C] _ Rifles [G] ring sharp and loud [D] in that battle [Em] above the clouds _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Very cold
_ _ _ [D] Soldiers [E] have gone
_ [Em] _ _ Marching [G] in _ [D] ragged
_ [E] _ _
Young [Em] _ _ [G] _ wives _
_ _ [C] Babies cried _ [Em] alone
[A] Poor [Am] _ _ _ _ fathers _ [E] they saw no more
[Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _