The Cottons Burning chords by Ellis Paul
Guitar chords with lyrics
🎸 Intro: Am G F Am G F 🎸 Verse 1: Am G Tell your Captain F C I have come to claim my dead Am G F C And let the flag of truce arise Am G Richmond's burning F C All the politicians fled Am G F C We are the last men to survive
🎸 Pre-chorus: Am D F You can tell old Jefferson Davis Em Am That his prayers, they cannot save us D F E Nor will Robert E. Lee's 🎸 Chorus: Am Dm Oo--OO F The cotton's burning G Am Dixie's crumbling down D F Tobacco's turning Em E Am There's a fire in Richmond Town F 🎸 Verse 2: Am G We raised our rifles F C In the backwoods of Tennessee Am G F C We rode the rails a thousand miles Am G Through white cotton fields F C 800 hundred men to feed Am G F C Some were no more than a child 🎸 Pre-chorus: Am D F We were torn and battered at Antietam Em Am "Don't fire until you see 'em boys!" D F Em G Then we laid the field down, down 🎸 Chorus: Am Dm Oo--OO F The cotton's burning G Am Dixie's crumbling down D F Tobacco's turning Em E Am There's a fire in Richmond Town 🎸 Bridge: C G F C We set the streets on fire G D C We poured the whiskey in the road G F C And the flames, they rose higher G D Then the arsenal exploded F And lit up the night G The night, the night Am Lit up the night, the night G Lit up the night, F The night, the night 🎸 Verse 3: Am G F C I Am a Colonel in the Fourteenth Tennessee Am G F C I Am a carpenter by trade Am G Back home I'm gonna build some cradles F C I Am tired of laying coffins and graves Am G F When I get home from this thousand mile parade 🎸 Pre-chorus: Am D F You can tell old Jefferson Davis Em Am That his prayers, they cannot save us D F E Nor will Robert E. Lee's 🎸 Chorus: Am Dm Oo--OO F The cotton's burning G Am Dixie's crumbling down D F Tobacco's turning Em E Am There's a fire in Richmond Town Am G F Town F And I G Along F Way home Am G F Ohh home F Walking along Walk home C
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