Chords for Matt Heckler | Antietam 1862 | ~#LiveOnce

_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And it's hard to _ _ quench _ my thirst, _ _ No [F] water when I'm dry. _ _ _
It does _ not make a difference, If I [E] live [Gm] or die. _ _ _ _ _
I'm only here _ _ on death, _ _ [F] _ _ _
With the dying,
_ [Dm] As the [C] sun _ _ [Gm] bows down. _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [D] _ _ Well, it does anger [Bb] the wailing. _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ My _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
blood's shed, _ But it's [F]
not so high.
_ I [D] pray, But it does not say. _
Empty words, Passed _ [Gm] sadness, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ That I've been,
A [F] layer, _ _ With the dying,
_ As the [C] sun _ bows _ _ down.
_ [E] _ Well, it does anger _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
the wailing.
_ _ _ Today I lay down, [D] In the open field.
[Cm] All that's passed, Been gone ahead,
And it may work [Gm] again.
_ _ I'm too sick to fight, [Dm] I'm too tired to die.
[Cm] If I live to see tomorrow, I doubt that I will not. _ _ _ _
_ And I will let him, _ When [F] I'm on death,
[E] I will let him, _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] Goodbye. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And it's hurting, And it's beating,
[F] I travel fast in life, [Gm] The posse caught up with me,
And almost took my love.
_ They charged me with sedation, And beat me [Cm] nearly blind.
They gave me back my rightful, Put me back on the [Gm] frontline. _ _
_ _ And I will let him, When [F] I'm on death,
I will [E] let him, When I'm on death,
_ As the sun _ bows [F] down.
[Cm] Well, it does anger [Gm] the wailing.
_ _ _ _ I miss my old [Bb] Virginia, My dear old country home.
My [Am] wife is waiting for me, And I can't [Gm] leave her alone. _
_ So when this war is over, I'll go back to [Cm] my field.
I'll go back to my power, That holds not just [Gm] the hill.
_ _ _ _ And I will [Bb] let him, When I'm on death,
I [Cm] will let him, [Gm] Goodbye.
_ As the sun _ bows [F] _ down, [D] Well, it does _ anger _ the wailing.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ It's hurting _ on _ _ _ me, _ No [F] bother when I'm dry.
_ _ [Cm] It does not make a difference, If I live or [Gm] die. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I will let him, _ _ When I'm on death,
_ I will _
[F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ let him, [E] As the sun _ _ bows down.
Well, it does anger _ _ my _ _ _ _ _ own rabble. _ _ _ _
And this _ bloodshed, Bodies _
[F] piled [Dm] so high. _
[D] I pray, but it does have nothing.
Empty words can't stand those.
[Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ I will let him, _ _ When I'm on death,
I [F] will let him, _ [Bb] If they die.
_ As [C] the sun _ _ [E] _
bows down, _ Well, _ _ _ _ it does anger [Gm] _
the wailing. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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