Graycoat Soldiers Chords by Norman Blake

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[G] _ _ _ _ _ Where the Cochlear [D] Mountains spring did [C] roll,
Green [G] beech tree hung across the [C] road,
Iron rim [Bm] wagons caught [D] the sun back in the [E] year of 61.
[Em] _ _ _ [G] Now [D] Sherman's army marched [C] around,
In 64 [G] he burned Georgia [C] down,
Setting [Bm] wings to the feet [C] of every [Em] living soul he'd meet. _ _ _ _
Graycoat _ [D] soldiers [A] are _ gone,
_ [G] Marching [D] in a [Em] ragged war,
_ [G] Young _ [D] wives and babies cried [Bm] _ alone,
[A] _ _ [C] For fathers [Em] _ [E] they saw no more. _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ Well it tore up [D] rails, wrecked the [C] bridge,
By [G] that hill called Mission [C] Ridge,
Hell it [Bm] raged for days and nights,
And it [Em] seemed was not in sight.
[G] Well it loaded up a [D] cannon with nails and [C] chains,
The noise it would [G] drive a man [C] insane,
Rifles [Bm]
rang sharp and loud,
In that [Em] battle above the clouds.
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[D] soldiers [A] are gone, _ _
[G] Marching [D] in a [Em] ragged war,
_ [G] Young _ [E] wives and [C] babies _ [Bm] cried alone,
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For fathers [Bm] _ they saw [A] no more. _
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_ _ They're all gone [D] to the rocks and [C] rills,
The green [G] graveyard on the hill,
[C] No one [Bm] does recall the day Corporal [E] Johnson rode away. _
[G] And the cast iron [D] markers they [C] stand there,
Guarding the [G] battleground with care,
Cannons [Bm] rest all in a row,
Prepared to [Em] meet some ghostly foe. _
_ _ Graycoat _ _ [D] soldiers [A] are gone,
_ _ [G] Marching [D] in a [Em] ragged war, _
[G] Young wives [E] and [C] babies cried [Bm] alone,
[Am] _ _ [C] For fathers [Bm] _ [A] they saw no more. _ _ _
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