Chords for Today I Killed A Man I Didn't Know

_ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Today I killed a man I didn't [C] know I _ [D] held my rifle high and shot him low
_ Though I'd like to think he really [Em] was to blame
Well [D] I never knew, or never will, [G] his name I _ _ _ guess that someone somewhere knew [C] him well
And [D] they'll cry when they are told that [G] he is fell
But it's hard for me to think of him [Am] as good
Cause he'd have done me just the same [G] if only he could
_ Oh _ _ mama, oh mama, I'm [Am] so cold _
[D] And I feel like I'm quickly [G] growing old
So I hope that you are thinking of [Am] your son _
[D] Cause tomorrow morning I'll be twenty [G] _ one
Oh [Am] Johnny [C] Red, Johnny [Am] Red, he don't [G] worry now
_ [A] He don't [G] wonder how
_ _ _ _ _ Today my sergeant told me [Am] I'd done well
_ [D] Cause I'd sent another southern [G] boy to hell
And I can't help wondering about [Am] this loss of life
_ [D] And if that rebel soldier [G] had a wife
_ _ Oh _ mama, oh mama, [Am] I'm so cold
[D] And the good book doesn't help me [G] like you told _
And it don't tell me if I'm [Am] right or wrong
_ [D] And when this war will end and [G] just how long
Oh mama, oh mama, [Am] I'm so cold
[D] And I feel like I'm quickly [G] growing old
So I hope that you are thinking [C] of your son
Cause [D] tomorrow morning I'll be [G] twenty one _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] Oh mama, _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _ oh mama, _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] sweet mama
_ [Am] _ _ Sweet [G] mama, _
_ _ [C] _ oh mama _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _