The Faded Coat Of Blue Chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ My _ [C] _ brave lad [G] he sleeps in [C] his faded coat [Am] of blue
_ In a [Dm] lonely grave [G] unknown _ [D] lies the heart [C] that beat [B] so true
_ _ He [C] sank faint [G] and hungry [C] among the famished [Am] brave
[Am] _ And [Dm] they laid him sad [G] and lonely _ _ within his nameless [C] grave
_ [F] No [C] more the [D] bugle calls the [C] weary _ [F] one
Rest noble [C] _
spirit in [D] the grave [G] unknown
[C] _
_ _ I'll find [G] you and [Dm] know you [E] among the [G] good and true
[C] _
_ When [G] a robe of white is given for _ _ a faded coat of [C] blue
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ He _ cried give me water and just a [Am] little crumb
_ And my [G] mother she will bless you through [C] all the [Gm] years to come
[C] _ Oh _ tell my sweet [G] sister so gentle good [Am] and _ true
[E] That I'll [Bb] meet her up [G] in heaven _ _ in my [G] faded coat of [C] blue _
_ [Db] No more the [Em] _ [D] bugle [D] calls the weary [C] _ one
[F] _
[Am] Rest [C] noble spirit _ [D] in [Gm] the grave unknown
_ _ _ I'll [C] find [G] you and know you [Am] among the good and true
[C] _ _ [Fm] When a robe of [G] white is given for _ _ a faded coat [C] of blue
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[F] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
No sweet voice was [C] there breathing soft a mother's [Em] prayer
But [G] there's one who takes the [D] brave and the [Em] true in [Eb]
tender [Em] _ care
[C] No stone [G] marks the sod or [C] my lad so brave [Am] and true
_ In his [F] lonely grave he [G] sleeps _ in his faded coat of blue _ _
[F] No [C] more the bugle [D]
calls the weary _ one
[F] _
[F] Rest noble _ [C] spirit [D] _ in the [Gm] grave unknown _ _ _
[C] I'll find [G] you and know you _ [Am]
among the good and [C] true _ _
When a [Dm] robe of white is [G] given _ _ for _ the faded coat of blue
[C] _ No more the bugle [F] calls the weary one
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _