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The Ghost Of General Lee by Waylon Jennings

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Intro:
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Verse 1:

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Through the smoke, and the mud, and the smoke we walked, behind Robert E. Lee

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Sixty miles from Richmond, to face the Union army

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We dug our holes, and we built a wall, cuz we knew there'd be a fight

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If the bluecoat wearing soldiers, crossed the river that night

Verse 2:

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Sure as hell, that sundown came, a hundred thousand men

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And it sure did shock me Lord, to see, kin killing kin

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The cannonballs were heavy, filled with iron, and steel, and lead

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And the James River water, ran a bloody red

Bridge:

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Lo--rd is it right

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Did you mean for me to kill my brother, here tonight

Instrumental:
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Verse 3:

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It's been one hundred years, and as I look around

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I see a mighty city where there once was a battleground

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I thought when Lee surrendered, we would fight no more

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But the ghost of Lee can still see us fight the civil war

Outro:

Bb           C
Lo--rd is it right

Bb               F             C
Did you mean for me to kill my brother, here tonight

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