Rebel Soldier Chords by John D. Hale

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Well I came back from the Civil [F] War just 22 years [C] old.
I done killed near 50 men and now the devil owns [Gm] my soul.
_ _ [G] _ _ Well I've always been a Christian [F] man and that's not hard to tell.
[C] But with all the killing that I've done, well I'll surely [Gm] go to hell. _
_ [G] _ _ _ Well I am a rebel soldier, no [F] I'm not afraid to [C] fight.
The lies of the innocent and all my [Gm] southern pride.
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_ Well I am a rebel soldier, [F] no I'm not afraid to die.
[C] You may hang me in the morning, but I'll [G] haunt you in the [Gm] night. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Well me and my brothers went to war, [F] I was the oldest of the three.
[C] I was the only one who came home to a murdered [Gm] family. _ _
_ [G] _ _ Well the Yanks had burned the house down with [F] my family inside.
[C] And my dad got shot trying to fight them off and [G] they left him there [Gm] to die. _ _ _ _
[G] _ Well I am a rebel soldier, [F] no I'm not afraid to fight.
[C] The lies of the innocent and all my [Gm] southern pride.
_ _ [G] _ _ Well I am a rebel [F] soldier, no I'm not afraid to die.
[C] You may hang me in the morning, but I'll haunt you in the [Gm] night. _
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_ [G] _ _ Well me and my friends got together, [F] started a guerrilla band.
[C] Tracked down them sons of bitches that torched up all our [Gm] land.
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_ We left early in the morning [F] on the 14th of July.
[C] And by the 26th of the very same month we put them in the [Gm] bind by.
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I am a rebel soldier, [F] no I'm not afraid to fight.
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The lies of the innocent and all my [Gm] southern pride. _
_ [G] _ _ _ Well I am a rebel soldier, [F] no I'm not afraid to [C] die.
You may hang me in the morning, [G] but I'll haunt you in [Gm] the night. _ _ _ _
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_ Now I am a wanted adil, I'm a [F] bounty hunter on my [C] trail.
There's a law man behind every tree, wants to put me [Gm] in a jail.
_ _ [G] _ _ Well they cornered me in August [F] of the very same year.
[C] And by noon on the next [F] day I was hanging my [C] rope with a grin from [Gm] ear to ear.
_ _ [G] _ _ Well I am a rebel soldier, no [F] I'm not afraid to fight.
[C] The lies of the innocent and all my southern [Gm] pride. _ _
_ [G] _ _ Well I am a rebel soldier, [F] no I'm not afraid to [C] die.
You may hang me in the morning, but I'll haunt you in [G] the night. _
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