Civil War Suite

Intro: E   A6/E   Emaj7   A6/E   E   A6/E   Emaj7   A6/E 

    E              A6/E          Emaj7        A6/E 
Oh, hear the drums thunder; they sound such a wonder. 
  Emaj7         F#m         E            B7 
A young soldier lad marches off with his gun. 
         E           A6/E         Emaj7         A6/E 
With his bangles and spangles and bright golden buttons, 
Emaj7         A/E          B7           E 
Bright golden buttons that shine in the sun. 

        E           Amaj7         E        Amaj7 
Oh, the cannons are screaming, or is it my dreaming? 
E              C#m7        F#m         B7 
Young men will stumble and fall in the dust. 
        E              A6/E        Emaj7         A6/E 
And the cheers turn to crying when life turns to dying, 
    Emaj7         A/E          B7            E 
And bright golden buttons have all turned to rust. 

 
C   Em7/B   Am   C   Em7/B   Am 

C            Em7/B        Am 
Boom bah bah boom bah bah boom, 
       C      Em7/B  Am 
Twelve riders in the gloom. 
C          Em7/B       Am       D 
Seven show red and the rest are dead, 
        G       D/F#      E 
But the First Battalion's home. 

C            Em7/B        Am 
Boom bah bah boom bah bah boom, 
        C        Em7/B      Am 
You can hear the hoof beats boom. 
     C        Em7/B       Am       D 
The drums are low and the pace is slow, 
        G       D/F#      E 
But the First Battalion's home. 
 

 
   D                     G 
So run to your homes, Virginia gals, 
D                  G 
Fix your hair with pins, 
D                  G 
Give them wine and kisses, 
          D                     E 
But don't ask them where they'd been! 
 

 
C            Em7/B        Am 
Boom bah bah boom bah bah boom, 
    C        Em7/B    Am 
And Richmond is their tomb. 
          C       Em7/B    Am  D 
There's a hundred still at Richmond, 
      C       Em7/B   Am    D 
Three hundred dead at Gettysburg, 
      C       Em7/B        Am    D 
And a hundred more they've never found, 
        G       D/F#      Em 
But the First Battalion's home! 
 

 
Em 
There's a battle raging somewhere, 
        G       D/F#          Em 
And its thunder shakes the ground. 

Terrible silence, when it's over? 
     G           D/F#     Em 
Only death makes such a sound. 
      G 
And I see, yes, I see, 
                D/F#   Em 
On the last day of July. 
      G 
And I see, oh, yes I see, 
                D/F#   Em 
On the last day of July. 
 

 
Em 
What's that moving in the shadows? 
Em 
What is this that's drawing nigh? 
         Em7            Em6 
It's the reaper, moving silent, 
        D/F#                 Em 
Must be someone's turn to die. 
      G 
And I see, yes, I see, 
                D/F#   Em 
On the last day of July. 
      G 
And I see, oh, yes I see, 
                D/F#   Em 
On the last day of July. 
           G 
I said I see, oh, yes I see, 
                D/F#   Em 
On the last day of July. 
 

 
Em   Esus4   Asus2   Am 

Am           G 
Two brothers on their way. 
Am           G 
Two brothers on their way. 
Am           G 
Two brothers on their way, 
Am                D   G    Am  Asus2  Am  Asus2 
One wore blue and one wore gray. 
Am       G        Am       D 
One wore blue and one wore gray, 
G       Bm       G          Bm 
As they marched along their way. 
C            Am     D      Bm 
The fife and drum began to play, 
G        D         Esus4 
All on a beautiful morning. 
 

 
Am              G 
One was gentle, one was kind. 
Am              G 
One was gentle, one was kind. 
Am              G 
One came home, one stayed behind 
Am               D   G   Am  Asus2  Am  Asus2 
Cannonball don't pay no mind. 
Am         G     Am     D 
Cannonball don't pay no mind 
G             D      G          D 
Though you're gentle, or you're kind, 
C             Am      D      Bm 
It don't care for the folks behind, 
G        D         Esus4 
All on a beautiful morning. 
 

 
Am                       G 
Two girls waiting by the railroad track. 
Am                       G 
Two girls waiting by the railroad track, 
Am                 G 
For their darlings to come back, 
Am                D   G    Am  Asus2  Am  Asus2 
One wore blue and one wore black. 
Am       G        Am       D 
One wore blue and one wore black, 
G       D      G         D 
Waiting by the railroad track, 
C          Am      D       Bm 
For their darlings to come back, 
G        D         Esus4 
All on a beautiful morning. 
 

 
C   Em7/B   Am   C   Em7/B   Am 


C            Em7/B        Am 
Boom bah bah boom bah bah boom, 
    C        Em7/B    Am 
And Richmond is their tomb. 
          C       Em7/B    Am  D 
There's a hundred still at Richmond, 
      C       Em7/B   Am    D 
Three hundred dead at Gettysburg,  
      C       Em7/B        Am    D 
And a hundred more they've never found, 
       C       Em7/B        Am    D 
Yes, a hundred more they've never found, 
        G       D/F#      E 
But the First Battalion's home!