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Oh Im A Good Old Rebel - 2nd South Carolina String Band

Oh Im A Good Old Rebel

2nd South Carolina String Band

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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: CCapotraste: Sem capotraste

[Intro]

C Am7

[Verse 1]

C

Oh, I'm a good old rebel,

Am7

Now that's just what I am,

C

For this fair land of freedom

Am7

I do not care a damn.

C

I'm glad I fit aginst it

Am7

I only wish we won.

C

And I don't want no pardon

Am7

For anything I done

[Interlude]

C Am7

[Verse 2]

C

I hates the constitution,

Am7

This great republic too

C

I hates the freedman's bureau

Am7

In uniforms blue

C

I hates the nasty eagle

Am7

with all his brags and fuss

C

The lying, thieving Yankees

Am7

I hates 'em wuss and wuss

[Interlude]

C Am7

[Verse 3]

C

I hates the Yankee nation

Am7

and everything they do

C

I hates the declaration

Am7

of independence too

C

I hates the "Glorious Union"

Am7

'tis dripping with our blood

C

I hates their striped banner

Am7

I fit it all I could

[Instrumental]

C Am7

C Am7

Hmmm Hmmm

C Am7

Hmmm Hmmm

C Am7

[Verse 4]

C

I followed old Marse Robert

Am7

for 4 years, near about

C

Got wounded in 3 places

Am7

and starved at Point Lookout

C

I caughts the rheumatism

Am7

while camping in the snow

C

But I killed a chance o' Yankees

Am7

and I'd like to kill some more

[Interlude]

C Am7

[Verse 5]

C

Three hundred thousand Yankees

Am7

stiff in Southern dust

C

We got three hundred thousand

Am7

before they conquered us

C

They died of Southern fever

Am7

and Southern steel and shot

C

I wish there was 3 million

Am7

instead of what we got

[Interlude]

C Am7

[Verse 6]

C

I can't take up my musket

Am7

and fight 'em now no more

C

But I ain't gonna love 'em

Am7

now that's sartain sure

C

And I don't want no pardon

Am7

for what I was and am

C

I won't be reconstructed

Am7

and I don't care a damn

[Interlude]

C Am7

[Outro]

C

Oh, I'm a good old rebel

Am7

now that's just what I am...

C

Oh, I'm a good old rebel

Am7

now that's just what I am!

How to play Oh Im A Good Old Rebel

Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.

What is the starting chord?

The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.

Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?

Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.