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