Rebel Soldier chords
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INTRO: Strum G 4 times, then:
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V1:
G F
Well I came back from the Civil War Just twenty-two years old
C F C G
I done killed American men Now the devil owns my soul
G F
Well I''ve always been a Christian man And that''s not hard to tell
C F C G
But with all the killin that I''ve done Well I''ll surely go to hell
CHORUS:
G F
Well I am a rebel soldier No I''m not afraid to fight
C F C G
For the lives of the innocent And all my Southern pride
G F
Well I am rebel soldier No I''m not afraid to die
C F C G
You may hang me in the morning But I''ll haunt you in the night
INTRO X 3
V2:
G F
Me and my brothers went to war I was the oldest of the three
C F C G
I was the only one who came home To a murdered family
G F
Well the Yanks had burnt our house down With my family inside
C F C G
And my Daddy got shot tryin to fight ''em off And they left him there to die
CHORUS:
INTRO X 3
V3:
G F
Me and my friends got together To start a guerilla band
C F C G
And Track down those sons a bithces That torched up all our land
G F
We left early in the morning On the 14th of July
C F C G
And By the 26th of the very same month We''d put em in the by and by
CHORUS:
INTRO X 3
V4:
G F
Now I am a wanted outlaw Bounty hunters on my trail
C F C G
Theres a lawman behind every tree Wants to put me in the jail
G F
Well they cornered me in August Of the very same year
C F C G
And by the noon of the next day I was swingin by a rope with a grin from ear to ear
CHORUS:
INTRO X 3 Then fade out