Chords for Southern Soldier

[D] _ _ [A] _ [D] I'll place my knapsack on my [G] back, my rifle on my shoulder.
[D] I'll march away to the firing line and kill that [A] Yankee soldier.
[Bm] And kill that [D] Yankee soldier.
I'll march away [Bm] to the firing [D] line and kill that Yankee soldier.
_ [A] I'll [D] bid farewell to my wife and [G] child, farewell to my agent mother.
[D] And go and join in the bloody strife till this cruel [A] war is over.
[Bm] Till this cruel [D] war is over.
I'll go and [Bm] join in the bloody [D] strife till this cruel [A] war is [D]
over.
_ [A] _ [D] If I am shot on the battlefield [G] and I should not recover,
[D] Oh who will protect my wife and child and care for my [A] agent mother?
[Bm] And care for my [D] agent mother.
Oh who will [Bm] protect my wife and [D] child and care for my agent mother?
_ _ [A] _ [D] And if our southern cause is [G] lost and southern rights denied us,
[D] We'll be ground beneath the tyrant's heel for our [A] demands of justice.
[Bm] For our demands [D] of justice.
We'll be ground [Bm] beneath the tyrant's [D] heel for our demands of justice.
_ [A] _ [D] Before the south shall bow her [G] head, before the tyrants harm us,
[D] I'll give my all to the southern cause and die in the [A] southern army.
[Bm] I'll die in the [D] southern army.
I'll give my [Bm] all to the southern [D] cause and die in the [A] southern [D]
army.
_ [A] _ [D] If I must die for my home and [G] land, my spirit will not [D] falter.
Oh here's my heart and here's my hand upon my [A] country's altar.
[Bm] Upon my [D] country's altar.
Oh here's my [Bm] heart and here's my [D] hand upon [A] my [D] country's altar.
[A] Let [D] _ heaven be with us in the [G] strife, be with us southern soldier.
[D] We'll drive the mercenary horde beyond [A] our southern border.
[Bm] Beyond [D] our southern border.
We'll drive the [Bm] mercenary [D] horde beyond our southern [A]
[D] border.
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