Waylon Jennings - The Ghost Of General Lee Chords

THE GHOST OF GENERAL LEE

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Through the smoke, and the mud, and the smoke we walked, behind Robert E. Lee
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Sixty miles from Richmond, to face the Union army
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We dug our holes, and we built a wall, cuz we knew there'd be a fight
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If the bluecoat wearing soldiers, crossed the river that night



Sure as hell, that sundown came, a hundred thousand men

And it sure did shock me Lord, to see, kin killing kin

The cannonballs were heavy, filled with iron, and steel, and lead

And the James River water, ran a bloody red


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Lord----------, is it right
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Did you mean for me to kill my brother, here tonight

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It's been one hundred, forty years, and as I look around
I see a mighty city where there once was a battleground
I thought when Lee surrendered, we would fight no more
But the ghost of Lee can still see us fight the civil war


Lord, is it right
Did you mean for me to kill my brother, here tonight