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Ben McColloch chords

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 	 WE SIGNED UP IN SAN ANTON
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 	 MY BROTHER PAUL AND ME
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 	 TO FIGHT WITH BEN MCCOLLOCH
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 	 AND THE TEXAS INFANTRY
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 	 WELL THE POSTER SAID WE'D GET A UNIFORM
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 	 AND SEVEN BUCKS A WEEK
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 	 THE BEST RATIONS IN THE ARMY
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 	 AND A RIFLE WE COULD KEEP
 	  	 

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 	 WHEN I FIRST LAID EYES ON THE GENERAL 
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 	 I KNEW HE WAS A FIGHTING MAN
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 	 HE WAS EVERY INCH A SOLDIER
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 	 EVERY WORD WAS HIS COMMAND
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 	 WELL HIS EYES WERE COLD AS LEAD AND STEEL
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 	 FORGED INTO TOOLS OF WAR
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 	 HE TOOK THE LIVES OF MANY
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 	 AND THE SOULS OF MANY MORE


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 	 WELL THEY MARCHED US TO MISSOURI
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 	 AND WE HARDLY STOPPED FOR REST
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 	 THEN HE MADE HIS SPEECH AND SAID
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 	 WE'RE COMIN' TO THE TEST
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 	 WELL WE'VE GOT TO TAKE SAINT LOUIS BOYS
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 	 BEFORE THE YANKEES DO
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 	 IF WE CONTROL THE MISSISSIPPI
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 	 THEN THE FEDERALS ARE THROUGH



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 	 WELL THEY TOLD US THAT OUR ENEMY 
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 	 WOULD ALL BE DRESSED IN BLUE
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 	 THEY FORGOT ABOUT THE WINTERS COLD
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 	 AND THE CURSED FEVER TOO
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 	 MY BROTHER DIED IN WILSONS CREEK
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 	 WE FELL BACK TO THE BOSTON MOUNTAINS
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 	 IN THE NORTH OF ARKANSAS

 	 
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 	 GODDAMN YOU BEN MCCOLLOCH
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 	 I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANY MAN ALIVE
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 	 AND WHEN YOU DIE
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 	 YOU'LL BE A FOOT SOLDIER JUST LIKE ME
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 	 IN THE DEVILS INFANTRY

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 	 AND ALL THE WAY TO FAYETTEVILLE
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 	 WE CURSED MCCULLOCH'S NAME
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 	 AND MOURNED THE DEAD WE'D LEFT BEHIND
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 	 AND WE WAS CARRING THE LAME
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 	 I KILLED A BOY THE OTHER NIGHT
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 	 WHO'D NEVER EVEN SHAVED
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 	 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M FIGHTIN' FOR
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 	 I AIN'T EVER OWNED A SLAVE


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 	 SO I SNUCK OUT OF CAMP
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 	 AND I HEARD THE NEWS NEXT NIGHT
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 	 THE YANKEES WON THE BATTLE
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 	 AND MCCOLLOCH LOST HIS LIFE


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 	 GODDAMN YOU BEN MCCOLLOCH
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 	 I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANY MAN ALIVE
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 	 AND WHEN YOU DIE
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 	 YOU'LL BE A FOOT SOLDIER JUST LIKE ME
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 	 IN THE DEVILS INFANTRY