T-Bone Burnett - The Battle Of Antietam Chords

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_ _ It was on the field of _ Antietam [E] where many's the soldier _ [Bm] fell.
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Is where occurred the _ story which now to you I'll tell.
_ _ The dead lay all around me, _ [F#m] we all together lay. _ _
[E] For we had had a fearful fight [F#] upon the [B]
field that day.
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And as I [Bm] lay there _ musing _ upon the damp [B] cold ground.
_ [D] My knapsack for a pillow, my _ blankets [F#m] wrapped around.
_ _ _ [D] And as I lay there _ musing I [F#m] _ heard a bitter _ cry. _
It [Em] was Lord Jesus _ save me _ [F#] and take me home to [Bm] die. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ I was the eldest brother _ _ [Em] just three _ [F#] years ago. _
_ [D] I left my home and kindred for [F#m] the state of _ Ohio.
_ _ _ Not finding any other work [F#m] to which I might apply. _ _
[F] _ [Em] I bound myself a princess, _ [F#m] my fortune for [Bm] to try.
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_ _ [B] _ I did not like my master, he [E] did not use me [Bm] well.
[D] So I fixed a _ resolution _ not long with [F#m] him to [A] dwell. _
And with this _ _ _ resolution _ [F#m] from him I ran _ away.
_ [Em] I studied then for New Orleans [A]
and cursed it be the [B] day.
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ Twas there I was _ _ [Em] conscripted and sent into the [Bm] _ field.
_ [D] Not having _ any other hope but [F#m] I must die or yield.
_ _ _ [D] And so with many another boy I marched away that night.
_ _ [E] And this has been the tenth time _ [F#m] that [F#] I have been [Bm] in fight.
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_ _ _ _ _ I thought a boy who shot me [B] had a familiar _ face.
_ _ [Bm] But in the [A] battle's fury _ [F#m] twas difficult to trace.
_ I [G]
thought it was my brother J. _
[F#m] Of him I could but see.
_ _ [F#] _ [Em] I'd kiss him and forgive him _ _ _ [F#]
and lay me down and [Bm] die. _
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[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] I _ _ _ _ _ _ quickly ran unto him and [Em] heard his story [D] o'er. _ _ _
It was my long lost brother J.
_ _ Weltering in his gore.
_ _ _ As I spoke of our loved ones left and _ soothed his fevered brow. _
He [Em] whispered my dear brother _ _ [F#m] I can't die happy now.
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_ Then quickly _ as a _ slumbering _ [E] baby's flower.
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_ [D] I saw him sink with _ shortening breath to [F#m]
death's long lost _ _ repose.
_ [D] And with many a tear and sad farewell.
I [F#m] dug a [D] narrow _ grave. _
[G] And there he sleeps beneath the [D] sod [F#] by a titmouse _ rippling [Bm] wave. _ _ _
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