Waylon Jennings – The Ghost Of General Lee (Guitar)

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[Intro] |Bb |Bb |Bb |Bb |Bb |C |C | |Bb |F |C |C |C |C | [Verse 1]
            C                           Bb                 F              C
Through the smoke, and the mud, and the blood we walked, behind Robert E. Lee

                              Bb             C
Sixty miles from Richmond, to face the Union army

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

                        Bb         F                     C
If the bluecoat wearing soldiers, crossed the river that night
[Verse 2]
C                  Bb            F                  C
Sure as hell, that sundown came, a hundred thousand men

                                       Bb          C
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

                    Bb     F            C
And the James River water, ran a bloody red
[Bridge]
Bb           C
Lo--rd is it right

Bb               F             C
Did you mean for me to kill my brother, here tonight
[Instrumental] |C |Bb |F |C | x2 C [Verse 3]
     C                Bb         F          C
It's been one hundred years, and as I look around

                                Bb               C
I see a mighty city where there once was a battleground

                                Bb                C
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
|C |Bb |Bb |C |C |C |C | |Bb F |C |C |C |C |