Blood In The Cotton Fields Chords

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