Blood In The Cotton Fields chords by Brooks Hubbard

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F#m

Intro:
Em

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

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

PreChorus:
         D
And they say they're coming after Christmas day
      Em
We'll line up our boys in the suits of gray
D
Dig in the dirt and hold our ground
Bm7
Praying for the angels now


Chorus:
Em
The was blood in the cotton fields
A
Bullet holes in the wagon wheels
Em
Blood in the cotton fields
A
Smoke rising from the cannon steel
                                        Bm7
Tell me where is heaven, 'cause hell is real
          Em           A      Em
There was blood in the cotton fields

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

PreChorus:
    D
We pushed them back in the rocks by ten
  Em
A murderous charge in the slaughter pen
   D
We tried and tried, again and again
        Bm7
But the reign of fire wouldn't end


Chorus:
Em
The was blood in the cotton fields
A
Bullet holes in the wagon wheels
Em
Blood in the cotton fields
A
Smoke rising from the cannon steel
                                        Bm7
Tell me where is heaven, 'cause hell is real
          Em           A      Em
There was blood in the cotton fields

Instrumental:
*Same Chords as Verses*

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

PreChorus:
D
1800 men fell to the ground
   Em
In less than an hour we had gone down
D
Gone up in a big smoke cloud
    Bm7
And that's where my body lay now


Chorus:
Em
The was blood in the cotton fields
A
Bullet holes in the wagon wheels
Em
Blood in the cotton fields
A
Smoke rising from the cannon steel
                                        Bm7
Tell me where is heaven, 'cause hell is real
          Em           A       Em           A
There was blood in the cotton, blood in the cotton
Em           A      Em
Blood in the cotton fields