Here is how I do the song at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwkBcFo3kI0 CIVIL WAR TRILOGY (Silverstein/Gibson/Camp/Gordon) Oh, [E]hear the drums [A6]thunder; they [G#m]sound such a [A6]wonder A [G#m]young soldier [A]lad marches [F#m]off with his [B7]gun With his [E]bangles and [A6]spangles and [G#m]bright golden [A6]buttons [G#m]Bright golden [A]buttons that [B7]shine in the [E]sun Oh, the [E]cannons are [Amaj7]screaming, or [E]is it my [Amaj7]dreaming [E]Young men will [C#m7]stumble and [F#m]fall in the [B7]dust And the [E]cheers turn to [A6]crying when [G#m]life turns to [A6]dying And [G#m]bright golden [A]buttons will [F#m]all [B7]turn to [E]rust [C] [G/B] [Am] [C] [G/B] [Am] [C]Boom bah bah [G/B]boom bah bah [Am]boom Twelve [C]riders [G/B]in the [Am]gloom [C]Seven show [G/B]red and the [Am]rest are [D]dead But the [G]First Ba-[D/F#]ttalion's [E]home Boom bah bah boom bah bah boom You can hear the hoof beats boom The drums are low and the pace is slow But the First Battalion's home So [D]run to your homes Vir-[G]ginia girls [D]Fix your hair with [G]pins [D]Give them wine and [G]kisses But don't [D]ask them where they'd [E]been [C]Boom bah bah [G/B]boom bah bah [Am]boom And [C]Richmond [G/B]is their [Am]tomb There's a [C]hundred [G/B]still at [Am]Rich-[D]mond Three [C]hundred [G/B]dead at [Am]Gettys-[D]burg And a [C]hundred [G/B]more they've [Am]never [D]found But the [G]First Ba-[D/F#]ttalion's [Em]home [Em] (a very quick bass run from C-B-G to E) There's a battle raging somewhere And its [G]thunder [D/F#]shakes the [Em]ground Terrible silence, when it's over Only [G]death makes [D/F#]such a [Em]sound And I [G]see, yes, I see On the last day [D/F#]of Ju-[Em]ly And I [G]see, oh, yes I see On the last day [D/F#]of Ju-[Em]ly What's that moving in the shadows What is this that's drawing nigh It's the reaper, moving silent Must be someone's turn to die And I see, yes I see On the last day of July And I see, oh, yes I see On the last day of July [Am]Two brothers [G]on their way [Am]Two brothers [G]on their way [Am]Two brothers [G]on their way [Am]One wore blue, and [D]one [G]wore [Am]gray [Am]One wore [G]blue and [Am]one wore [D]gray [G]As they [Bm]marched a-[Am]long their [D]way [C]The fife and [Am]drum be-[D]gan to [Bm]play [C]All on a [D]beautiful [Esus2]morning One was gentle and one was kind One was gentle and one was kind One came home, one stayed behind Cannonball don't pay no mind Cannonball don't pay no mind Though you're gentle or you're kind It don't think of the folks behind All on a beautiful morning Two girls waiting by the railroad track Two girls waiting by the railroad track For their darlings to come back One wore blue and one wore black One wore blue and one wore black Waiting by the railroad track For their darlings to come back All on a beautiful morning [C] [G/B] [Am] [C] [G/B] [Am] [C]Boom bah bah [G/B]boom bah bah [Am]boom And [C]Richmond [G/B]is their [Am]tomb There's a [C]hundred [G/B]still at [Am]Rich-[D]mond Three [C]hundred [G/B]dead at [Am]Gettys-[D]burg And a [C]hundred [G/B]more they've [Am]never [D]found Yes, a [C]hundred [G/B]more they've [Am]never [D]found But the [G]First Ba-[D/F#]ttalion's [E]home
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