Civil War Suite

Intro: E A6/E Emaj7 A6/E E A6/E Emaj7 A6/E E A6/E Emaj7 A6/E Oh, hear the drums thunder; they sound such a wonder. Emaj7 F#m E B7 A young soldier lad marches off with his gun. E A6/E Emaj7 A6/E With his bangles and spangles and bright golden buttons, Emaj7 A/E B7 E Bright golden buttons that shine in the sun. E Amaj7 E Amaj7 Oh, the cannons are screaming, or is it my dreaming? E C#m7 F#m B7 Young men will stumble and fall in the dust. E A6/E Emaj7 A6/E And the cheers turn to crying when life turns to dying, Emaj7 A/E B7 E And bright golden buttons have all turned to rust. [Refrão] C Em7/B Am C Em7/B Am C Em7/B Am Boom bah bah boom bah bah boom, C Em7/B Am Twelve riders in the gloom. C Em7/B Am D Seven show red and the rest are dead, G D/F# E But the First Battalion's home. C Em7/B Am Boom bah bah boom bah bah boom, C Em7/B Am You can hear the hoof beats boom. C Em7/B Am D The drums are low and the pace is slow, G D/F# E But the First Battalion's home. [Ponte] D G So run to your homes, Virginia gals, D G Fix your hair with pins, D G Give them wine and kisses, D E But don't ask them where they'd been! [Refrão] C Em7/B Am Boom bah bah boom bah bah boom, C Em7/B Am And Richmond is their tomb. C Em7/B Am D There's a hundred still at Richmond, C Em7/B Am D Three hundred dead at Gettysburg, C Em7/B Am D And a hundred more they've never found, G D/F# Em But the First Battalion's home! [Verso 1] Em There's a battle raging somewhere, G D/F# Em And its thunder shakes the ground. Terrible silence, when it's over? G D/F# Em Only death makes such a sound. G And I see, yes, I see, D/F# Em On the last day of July. G And I see, oh, yes I see, D/F# Em On the last day of July. [Verso 2] Em What's that moving in the shadows? Em What is this that's drawing nigh? Em7 Em6 It's the reaper, moving silent, D/F# Em Must be someone's turn to die. G And I see, yes, I see, D/F# Em On the last day of July. G And I see, oh, yes I see, D/F# Em On the last day of July. G I said I see, oh, yes I see, D/F# Em On the last day of July. [Verso 3] Em Esus4 Asus2 Am Am G Two brothers on their way. Am G Two brothers on their way. Am G Two brothers on their way, Am D G Am Asus2 Am Asus2 One wore blue and one wore gray. Am G Am D One wore blue and one wore gray, G Bm G Bm As they marched along their way. C Am D Bm The fife and drum began to play, G D Esus4 All on a beautiful morning. [Verso 4] Am G One was gentle, one was kind. Am G One was gentle, one was kind. Am G One came home, one stayed behind Am D G Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Cannonball don't pay no mind. Am G Am D Cannonball don't pay no mind G D G D Though you're gentle, or you're kind, C Am D Bm It don't care for the folks behind, G D Esus4 All on a beautiful morning. [Verso 5] Am G Two girls waiting by the railroad track. Am G Two girls waiting by the railroad track, Am G For their darlings to come back, Am D G Am Asus2 Am Asus2 One wore blue and one wore black. Am G Am D One wore blue and one wore black, G D G D Waiting by the railroad track, C Am D Bm For their darlings to come back, G D Esus4 All on a beautiful morning. [Refrão] C Em7/B Am C Em7/B Am C Em7/B Am Boom bah bah boom bah bah boom, C Em7/B Am And Richmond is their tomb. C Em7/B Am D There's a hundred still at Richmond, C Em7/B Am D Three hundred dead at Gettysburg, C Em7/B Am D And a hundred more they've never found, C Em7/B Am D Yes, a hundred more they've never found, G D/F# E But the First Battalion's home!