Ben Mcculloch chords by Steve Earle

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)

Verse 1:
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We signed up in San Antone, my brother Paul and me
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To fight with Ben McCulloch and the Texas infantry
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Well the poster said we'd get a uniform and seven bucks a week
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The best rations in the army and a rifle we could keep
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When I first laid eyes on the general I knew he was a fighting man
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He was every inch a soldier, every word was his command
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Well his eyes were cold as the lead and steel forged into tools of war
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He took the lives of many and the souls of many more
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Well they marched us to Missouri and we hardly stopped for rest
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Then he made this speech and said, "We're coming to the test"
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Well we've got to take Saint Louie boys before the Yankees Do
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If we control the Mississippi then the Federals are through
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Well they told us that our enemy would all be dressed in blue
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Well they forgot about the winter's cold and the cursed fever too
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My brother died at Wilson's Creek and Lord I seen him fall
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We fell back to the Boston Mountains in the North of Arkansas


Chorus:
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Goddamn you Ben McCulloch
                A minorAm
I hate you more than any other man alive
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And when you die you'll be a foot soldier just like me
     A minorAm      G+G
In the Devil's infantry


Verse 2:
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And on the way to Fayetteville we cursed McCulloch's name
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And mourned the dead that we'd left behind and we was carrying the lame
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I killed a boy the other night who'd never even shaved
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I don't even know what I'm fighting for, I ain't never owned a slave
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So I snuck out of camp and then I heard the news next night
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The Yankees won the battle and McCulloch lost his life, yeah


Chorus:
  G+G
Goddamn you Ben McCulloch
                A minorAm
I hate you more than any other man alive
   C majorC  G+G  A minorAm                   G+G
And when you die you'll be a foot soldier just like me
     A minorAm      G+G
In the Devil's infantry