Johnson Island Prison chords by Joe Mullins And The Radio Ramblers

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: DmDm

Difficulty: Advanced

Johnson Island Prison

Intro:
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Verse 1:
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From the mountains outside Gettysburg, they marched us north and west
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Yankee guns at our backs, without much food or rest
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I'm a prisoner of the Union, after 2 years in the war
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At Johnson Island Prison Camp, just off Erie shore

Chorus:
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Johnson Island, cold and damp, dark Erie waters surround this Yankee camp
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The bitter wind and blinding snow chill me to the bone
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But in my soul a fire is burning for my Dixie home


Verse 2:
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In dreams of good old Georgia, I smell the new-cut hay
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Blazin' sun, bakes the green, burns your back all day
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I never saw a snowflake, in that dear old Southern sky
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But now the gray Ohio coats, is covered softly white


Chorus:
Bb majorBb        C majorC    DmDm       G minorGm    A minorAm         DmDm
Johnson Island, cold and damp, dark Erie waters surround this Yankee camp
Bb majorBb                     C majorC   DmDm
The bitter wind and blinding snow chill me to the bone
  G minorGm              A minorAm      DmDm
But in my soul a fire is burning for my Dixie home

Bridge:
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I've been reading from the Good Book, I saw in black and white
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St. Peter walked on water with Jesus that one night
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St. Peter started sinking till he trusted in the Lord
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My faith is in this frozen lake and I'm headed for the shore


Chorus:
Bb majorBb        C majorC    DmDm         G minorGm       A minorAm   DmDm
Johnson Island, watch me run, back home to Dixie, and the Southern sun
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My home is in the Southland, but if I ever go
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You'll never see this Georgia boy, any place it snows


Outro:
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