Blood In The Cotton Fields chords by Brooks Hubbard

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

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

Key: F# minorF#m

Intro:
E minorEm

Verse:
E minorEm            D MajorD
My daddy raised me to be right
                   E minorEm
To fight for this land till the day I die
                   D MajorD
Fighting for the promise of a golden dream
                  E minorEm
Underneath the shadow of the cedar trees

E minorEm                D MajorD
Marched from Richmond in the July sun
                    E minorEm
Blisters on my feet and a bruise from my gun
                D MajorD
Now December's wrath of bitter cold
                    E minorEm
Is sending me shivers to the core of my soul

PreChorus:
     D MajorD
And they say they're coming after Christmas day
   E minorEm
We'll line up our boys in the suits of gray
D MajorD
Dig in the dirt and hold our ground
Bm7Bm7
Praying for the angels now


Chorus:
E minorEm
The was blood in the cotton fields
A augmentedA
Bullet holes in the wagon wheels
E minorEm
Blood in the cotton fields
A augmentedA
Smoke rising from the cannon steel
                    Bm7Bm7
Tell me where is heaven, 'cause hell is real
     E minorEm      A augmentedA   E minorEm
There was blood in the cotton fields

Verse:
E minorEm             D MajorD
We woke the morning of the 31st
                E minorEm
We drank whiskey to quench our thirst
                 D MajorD
Came up on the side of the Union line
                 E minorEm
Caught them Yankees in a big surprise

PreChorus:
  D MajorD
We pushed them back in the rocks by ten
 E minorEm
A augmentedA murderous charge in the slaughter pen
  D MajorD
We tried and tried, again and again
    Bm7Bm7
But the reign of fire wouldn't end

Chorus:
E minorEm
The was blood in the cotton fields
A augmentedA
Bullet holes in the wagon wheels
E minorEm
Blood in the cotton fields
A augmentedA
Smoke rising from the cannon steel
                    Bm7Bm7
Tell me where is heaven, 'cause hell is real
     E minorEm      A augmentedA   E minorEm
There was blood in the cotton fields

Instrumental:
*Same Chords as Verses*

Verse:
    E minorEm         D MajorD
By the afternoon of the 2nd day
                E minorEm
We only had one more charge to take
                  D MajorD
Charging up the side of McFadden's Ford
                 E minorEm
Fifty-seven cannons aimed at our swords

PreChorus:
D MajorD
1800 men fell to the ground
  E minorEm
In less than an hour we had gone down
D MajorD
Gone up in a big smoke cloud
  Bm7Bm7
And that's where my body lay now


Chorus:
E minorEm
The was blood in the cotton fields
A augmentedA
Bullet holes in the wagon wheels
E minorEm
Blood in the cotton fields
A augmentedA
Smoke rising from the cannon steel
                    Bm7Bm7
Tell me where is heaven, 'cause hell is real
     E minorEm      A augmentedA    E minorEm      A augmentedA
There was blood in the cotton, blood in the cotton
E minorEm      A augmentedA   E minorEm
Blood in the cotton fields