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[Intro]
Am G F
Am G F
[Verse 1]
Am GTell your Captain
F CI have come to claim my dead
Am G F CAnd let the flag of truce arise
Am GRichmond's burning
F CAll the politicians fled
Am G F CWe are the last men to survive
[Pre-Chorus]
Am D FYou can tell old Jefferson Davis
Em AmThat his prayers, they cannot save us
D F E
Nor will Robert E. Lee's
[Chorus]
Am DmOo--OO
FThe cotton's burning
G AmDixie's crumbling down
D FTobacco's turning
Em E AmThere's a fire in Richmond Town
F
[Verse 2]
Am GWe raised our rifles
F CIn the backwoods of Tennessee
Am G F CWe rode the rails a thousand miles
Am GThrough white cotton fields
F C800 hundred men to feed
Am G F CSome were no more than a child
[Pre-Chorus]
Am D FWe were torn and battered at Antietam
Em Am"Don't fire until you see 'em boys!"
D F Em GThen we laid the field down, down
[Chorus]
Am DmOo--OO
FThe cotton's burning
G AmDixie's crumbling down
D FTobacco's turning
Em E AmThere's a fire in Richmond Town
[Bridge]
C G F C We set the streets on fire
G D CWe poured the whiskey in the road
G F CAnd the flames, they rose higher
G DThen the arsenal exploded
FAnd lit up the night
GThe night, the night
AmLit up the night, the night
GLit up the night,
FThe night, the night
[Verse 3]
Am G F CI Am a Colonel in the Fourteenth Tennessee
Am G F CI Am a carpenter by trade
Am GBack home I'm gonna build some cradles
F CI Am tired of laying coffins and graves
Am G FWhen I get home from this thousand mile parade
[Pre-Chorus]
Am D FYou can tell old Jefferson Davis
Em AmThat his prayers, they cannot save us
D F E
Nor will Robert E. Lee's
[Chorus]
Am DmOo--OO
FThe cotton's burning
G AmDixie's crumbling down
D FTobacco's turning
Em E AmThere's a fire in Richmond Town
Am G FTown
FAnd I
GAlong
FWay home
Am G FOhh home
FWalking along
Walk home
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