Greycoat Soldiers chords by Norman Blake

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Capo 2


Intro:
E minorEm D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC AsusAsus G+G

Verse:
     G+G          D MajorD
Where the cold, clear mountain spring did roll
  C majorC           G+G
The green beech tree hung ‘cross the road
C majorC        B minorBm
Iron rim wagons caught the sun
D MajorD      C majorC    E minorEm
Back in the year of sixty-one.

  G+G         D MajorD
Now Sherman’s army marched around
  C majorC       G+G
In 64, he burned Georgia down
C majorC        B minorBm
Settings wings to the feet
D MajorD    C majorC     E minorEm
Of every living soul he’d meet


Chorus:
E minorEm     D MajorD      A augmentedA
Graycoat Soldiers have gone
     G+G D MajorD    E minorEm
Marching in a ragged war
G+G        D MajorD   C majorC   E minorEm
Young wives and babies cried alone
   C majorC           AsusAsus
For fathers, they saw no more

Verse:
      G+G          D MajorD
Well, they tore up rails and wrecked the bridge
   C majorC            G+G
Down by the hill they call Mission Ridge
C majorC         B minorBm
Hell it raged for days and nights
D MajorD     C majorC         E minorEm
An end it seemed was not in sight


      G+G             D MajorD
Well they loaded up the cannon with nails and chains
  C majorC           G+G
A augmentedA noise that would drive a man insane
C majorC       B minorBm
Rifles rang sharp and loud
D MajorD    C majorC        E minorEm
In that battle above the clouds

Chorus:
E minorEm     D MajorD      A augmentedA
Graycoat Soldiers have gone
     G+G D MajorD    E minorEm
Marching in a ragged war
G+G        D MajorD   C majorC   E minorEm
Young wives and babies cried alone
   C majorC           AsusAsus
For fathers, they saw no more

Verse:
   G+G            D MajorD
Now they’re all gone to the rocks and the hills
    C majorC         G+G
And the green grave yard on the hill
C majorC        B minorBm
And no one does recall the day
D MajorD    C majorC       E minorEm
Corporal Johnson rode away.
  G+G         D MajorD
And cast iron markers they stand there
 C majorC       G+G
Guarding the battleground with care.
C majorC        B minorBm
Cannons rest all in a row
D MajorD      C majorC         E minorEm
Prepared to meet some ghostly foe

Chorus:
E minorEm     D MajorD      A augmentedA
Graycoat Soldiers have gone
     G+G D MajorD    E minorEm
Marching in a ragged war
G+G        D MajorD   C majorC   E minorEm
Young wives and babies cried alone
   C majorC           AsusAsus
For fathers, they saw no more