Gone To Shiloh chords by Elton John

Chords with lyrics

Music: Elton John
Words: Bernie Taupin
from the album "The Union" (2010)

Key: DmDm

*Note - "/x" indicates a passing tone between chords

[Intro]

Bb majorBb  C/Bb  F/AF/A  Bb majorBb  G minorGm  A/GA/G  DmDm

DmDm  Bb majorBb  G/BG/B  Csus4Csus4  C majorC

DmDm  /C  Bb majorBb

DmDm  /C  Bb majorBb

[Verse 1]

DmDm              /C   Bb majorBb
Luther left us first light Friday morning
DmDm          /C   Bb majorBb
Little Dan and Becky waved goodbye
        G minorGm
They're gonna have to share the weight together
E MajorE            A augmentedA       DmDm  C majorC
Idle hands will see a good farm slowly die

[Chorus]

Bb majorBb            FF
Gone to Shiloh for the Union
        C majorC    /C#   DmDm   C majorC
Shoulder to shoulder, side by side
Bb majorBb        FF  Am/E  DmDm
Gone to Shiloh; hope springs eternal
    A augmentedA            DmDm
When flags and bullets start to fly

[Verse 2]

DmDm                /C     Bb majorBb
April's come and the air smells fresh with rain
    DmDm           /C    Bb majorBb
They watched his shadow fade around the bend
      G minorGm
He's headed for a different kind of thunder
      E MajorE           A augmentedA      DmDm
And the stunned surprise in the eyes of dying men

[Repeat Chorus]

[Verse 3]

  DmDm             /C    Bb majorBb
The old black rooster sang him down that dirt road
   DmDm              /C  Bb majorBb
His step seemed bold, his manner fancy-free
      G minorGm
I pray we see him alive and well in the fall here
E MajorE            A augmentedA     DmDm
Than that God-forsaken place in Tennessee

[Repeat Chorus}

[Bridge]

G/BG/B        Gm/Bb
After all of this, if we should prevail
G/BG/B              A augmentedA        DmDm
Heaven help the South when Sherman comes their way

[Outro]

DmDm  /C  Bb majorBb

DmDm  /C  Bb majorBb

DmDm