Chords for Sittin' up Drinkin' with Robert E. Lee

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_ _ _ _ _ Taking a trip in my old [D] Chevy riding through the south.
[A] I looked up on a hill and I [E] saw a big white house.
[A] I got a glimpse of a bearded [D] man polishing his sword.
[A] I saw Robert Eadley [E] outside sitting [A] on the porch.
I pulled up in the yard and [D] saw a cotton field out back.
[A] He invited me to sit with [E] him and share a bit of Jack.
[A] He had crisscross bars and thirteen [D] stars blowing in the wind.
[A] He said save your Confederate money [E] boy cause the south will [A] rise again. _ _ _
_ _ [D] And Robert Eadley did not [A] like them northerners one bit.
[D] He was a rebel and he knew it [A] and he didn't [E] give a shit.
_ [B] [D] We've been talking about Dixie [A] and how old times [F#m] used to be.
And [D] I've been [A] sitting up drinking [E] with [A] Robert E.
Lee. _
_ _ _ _ [F#] [A] We talked about his troops [D] and the rebel infantry.
[A] And those thirteen southern states [E] that live in infamy.
[A] As he took another swig [D] of his black label whiskey.
He [A] said that Yankee pride don't [E] mean a damn [A] thing to me.
He spoke about his men and [D] how they always fought so [A] brave.
And how they wove their sacred [E] flag though many lives they gave.
[A] He struggled to gain [D] independence for his southern ground.
[A] He stood up for his cause and [E] never once did [A] he back down. _ _
_ _ [D] And Robert Eadley did not [A] like them northerners one bit.
He [D] was a rebel and he knew [A] it and he didn't [E] give a shit.
[D] We've been talking about Dixie [A] and how old times [F#m] used to be.
And [D] I've been [A] sitting up drinking [E] with [A] Robert E.
Lee.
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_ _ [C#m] _ [F#m] _ _ [A] two o'clock a [D].m. and the fire was getting low.
[A] So I thanked him for our talk [E] cause it was time for me to [A] go.
While walking to my car I [D] turned to thank him once again.
[A] But the lot was bare there was nothing [E] there but rocks and [A] dirt and sand. _ _
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] Was it my [E] imagination playing [A] with my head?
[F#m] I remember [D] hearing clearly [A] every single word he [E] said.
[F#m] Every movement, every gesture, [E] every tear that [A] his heart _ shed.
[D] His dream is [A] still alive even [E] though his [A] body's dead.
_ _ _ _ Robert E.
Lee's memory [D] lives on in the southern soul.
[A] Along with his boys who [E] fought and died out in the cold.
[A] Lee was a man with tons of [D] courage, a hero without a doubt.
[A] He was a man with determination.
[E] He was a man [A] from the south. _ _ _
_ _ [D] And Robert E.
Lee did not [A] like them northerners one bit.
[D] He was a rebel and he knew [A] it and he didn't [E] give a shit.
[D] He said, son I've got [A] many [F#m] stories to tell.
[D] You and this [A] easy ass grant [E] can kiss my ass [A] and go to hell.
_ _ _ _ [D] We've been talking about [A] Dixie and how old [F#m] times used to be.
And [D] I've been [A] sitting up drinking [E] with [A] Robert E.
Lee.
_ _ Drink him up, [E] Rob.
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