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Norman Blake - Greycoat Soldiers Chords

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Greycoat Soldiers Chords

(ver. 1)
Norman Blake
[Intro]
Em D A C Asus G
 
[Verse]
          G                    D
Where the cold, clear mountain spring did roll
    C                      G
The green beech tree hung ‘cross the road
C               Bm
Iron rim wagons caught the sun
D           C        Em
Back in the year of sixty-one.
 
 
    G                  D
Now Sherman’s army marched around
    C              G
In 64, he burned Georgia down
C                Bm
Settings wings to the feet
D       C         Em
Of every living soul he’d meet
 
 
[Chorus]
Em          D            A
Graycoat Soldiers have gone
         G  D        Em
Marching in a ragged war
G                D      C      Em
Young wives and babies cried alone
     C                     Asus
For fathers, they saw no more
 
[Verse]
            G                   D
Well, they tore up rails and wrecked the bridge
     C                       G
Down by the hill they call Mission Ridge
C                 Bm
Hell it raged for days and nights
D         C                  Em
An end it seemed was not in sight
 
 
            G                         D
Well they loaded up the cannon with nails and chains
    C                      G
A noise that would drive a man insane
C             Bm
Rifles rang sharp and loud
D        C                Em
In that battle above the clouds
 
 
[Chorus]
Em          D            A
Graycoat Soldiers have gone
         G  D        Em
Marching in a ragged war
G                D      C      Em
Young wives and babies cried alone
     C                     Asus
For fathers, they saw no more
 
[Verse]
      G                       D
Now they’re all gone to the rocks and the hills
        C                 G
And the green grave yard on the hill
C                Bm
And no one does recall the day
D        C             Em
Corporal Johnson rode away.
    G                  D
And cast iron markers they stand there
 C             G
Guarding the battleground with care.
C                Bm
Cannons rest all in a row
D            C                 Em
Prepared to meet some ghostly foe
 
[Chorus]
Em          D            A
Graycoat Soldiers have gone
         G  D        Em
Marching in a ragged war
G                D      C      Em
Young wives and babies cried alone
     C                     Asus
For fathers, they saw no more
            
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