Chickamauga chords by Willy Tea Taylor

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
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Down by this creekside is as far as I'll be goin'
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Layin' halfway in the water, I can feel the water flowin'

Chorus 1:
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I feel my heart poundin' and I'm blinded by the smoke
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But I swear I see you comin' my way in a boat
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You pick me up and we row down together
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You pick me up and we row side by side
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Now I'm turnin' the waters red, here at Chickamauga
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And it's time that this young man will die

Verse 2:
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Your skin is the softest thing I've ever known
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Your face is the prettiest one in Ohio
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Your tears fell and mingled with the pourin' down rain
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You were my first kiss, my last kiss, then I hopped on that train

Chorus 2:
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Off to D.C. where the boys go out fightin'
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Little Sam and ol' Charlie Watson by my side
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Couldn't wait to be absorbed in all that glory
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We were to young and we were to swift to die

Instrumental::
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Verse 3:
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Kept all your letters right next to my heart
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I read 'em every day and I could sing them in the dark
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But your picture, my darlin', I lost a while back
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With little Sam and Charlie boy at the liberty gap

Chorus 3:
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Oh the hit they took I just can't describe it
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I was the lucky one, I was fightin' right by their side
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And I took Chuck's boots, that's how he wanted it
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And I put 'em on and I walked away and I cried

Verse 4:
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Today the sun is shinin', all I feel is your smile
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Strength that it gave me every inch and every mile
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Clear blue water and clear blue sky
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For a second, it was almost as pretty as your eyes

Chorus 4:
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And the smoke came right after my ears filled with thunder
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I saw the tales of brave men took right under
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And I knew I'd never see you bootladys daughter
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As the water swept away with my heart

Verse 1:
C majorC      FF        C majorC       G+G
Down by this creekside is as far as I'll be goin'
C majorC      FF        C majorC       G+G
Layin' halfway in the water, I can feel the water flowin'
C majorC      FF        C majorC       G+G
I feel my heart poundin' and I'm blinded by the smoke
C majorC      FF        C majorC       G+G
But I swear I see you comin' my way in your boat

Chorus 1:
A minorAm          C majorC    FF
You pick me up and we row down together
A minorAm          C majorC    FF
You pick me up and we row side by side
A minorAm          C majorC    FF
Now I'm turnin' the waters red, here at Chickamauga
A minorAm          C majorC    FF
And it's time that this young boy will die