Shiloh - Darryl Worley (Darryl Worley, Wynn Varble, Don Poythress) A (F)mist halos the (C)meadow And a (F)soft wind breathes a (C)whisper through the (G)trees As I (F)lean against a (C)hickory I (F)close my eyes and (C)I can almost (G)see The (Am)ghostly forms of (G)blue and gray (C)And I can almost hear the cannons (F)blast (Dm)Standin' in the (G)presence of the (C)past The (F)first few waves came (C)cheerin' (F)Fear and hatered (C)runnin' through their (G)blood When the (F)day was finally (C)over Those (F)left were wadin' (C)through a crimson (G)flood To (Am)think I could be (G)right here In the (C)spot where some young soldier breathed his (F)last (Dm)Standin' in the (G)presence of the (C)past (F)Brother fightin; (C)brother (F)Father fightin' (C)son By the (F)time the sun was (C)settin' Looked (Am)like the South had (C)won Now my (F)mouth's as dry as (C)cotton And my (F)heart is beatin' (Am)fast (Dm)Standin' in the (G)presence of the (C)past (C)Sunrise (F)caught the rebels (C)sleepin' And they (F)woke to hear a (C)Yankee bugle (G)blow Bullets (F)flew like angry (C)hornets Till the (F)peach tree blossoms (C)drifted down like (G)snow (Am)It must have been like (G)hell on earth (C)What happened here is more than we can (F)grasp (Dm)Standin' in the (G)presence of the (C)past (F)Brother fightin' (C)brother (F)Father fightin' (C)son By the (F)time the smoke had (C)lifted They (Am)knew the North had (C)won (F)Lord my soul feels (C)empty As my (F)tears fall on this (Am)grass (Dm)Standin' in the (G)presence of the (C)past (F)Brother killin' (C)brother (F)Father slayin' (C)son From the (F)looks of this old (C)graveyard Hell (Am)nobody really (C)won (F)Somethins' changed (C)inside me It (F)sure can happen (Am)fast (Dm)Standin' in the (G)presence of the (C)past A (F)mist halos the (C)meadow And a (F)soft wind breathes a (C)whisper through the (G)trees