Ballad Of The Blue And Grey Chords by Lefty Frizzell

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_ _ _ _ _ Now Jimmy chose the [A] Yankee blue, [B] his heart was on [E] their side
But brother Billy joined the Rebs, [B] and how their mother [E] cried
_ They both shook hands and kissed their mom, [B] there wasn't much [E] to say
_ One headed north, the other south, [B] the blue against the [E] gray
_ It was brother fighting brother, _ _ father fighting [A] _ son
[E] A war which [B] both sides had to lose, no matter which side won _ _ _
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Bill was in the charge [A] at _ Gettysburg, [B] he'd never known [E] defeat _
While Jim was up there [A] on the hill, [B] each frayed they'd never [E] meet _
_ With Jim a dozen [A] yards ahead, [B] the Yanks came down the [E] hill
_ And when the smoke [A] had cleared away, Jim [B] found his brother [E] Bill _
_ Jim knelt beside [A] young Billy, _ [B] but he had no words [E] to say
Bob Bill saw him [A] and held his fire, [B] while Jim had [E] blazed away
_ It was brother fighting brother, _ father _ [A] fighting son
_ A [B] war which both [Bm] sides had to lose, no matter which [E] side won _ _ _ _ _ _
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