Steve Earle

Steve Earle - Ben McColloch guitar chord

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WE SIGNED UP IN SAN ANTON

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MY BROTHER PAUL AND ME

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TO FIGHT WITH BEN MCCOLLOCH

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AND THE TEXAS INFANTRY

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WELL THE POSTER SAID WE'D GET A UNIFORM

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AND SEVEN BUCKS A WEEK

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THE BEST RATIONS IN THE ARMY

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AND A RIFLE WE COULD KEEP

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WHEN I FIRST LAID EYES ON THE GENERAL

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I KNEW HE WAS A FIGHTING MAN

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HE WAS EVERY INCH A SOLDIER

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EVERY WORD WAS HIS COMMAND

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WELL HIS EYES WERE COLD AS LEAD AND STEEL

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FORGED INTO TOOLS OF WAR

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HE TOOK THE LIVES OF MANY

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AND THE SOULS OF MANY MORE

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WELL THEY MARCHED US TO MISSOURI

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AND WE HARDLY STOPPED FOR REST

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THEN HE MADE HIS SPEECH AND SAID

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WE'RE COMIN' TO THE TEST

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WELL WE'VE GOT TO TAKE SAINT LOUIS BOYS

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BEFORE THE YANKEES DO

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IF WE CONTROL THE MISSISSIPPI

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THEN THE FEDERALS ARE THROUGH

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WELL THEY TOLD US THAT OUR ENEMY

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WOULD ALL BE DRESSED IN BLUE

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THEY FORGOT ABOUT THE WINTERS COLD

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AND THE CURSED FEVER TOO

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MY BROTHER DIED IN WILSONS CREEK

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WE FELL BACK TO THE BOSTON MOUNTAINS

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IN THE NORTH OF ARKANSAS

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GODDAMN YOU BEN MCCOLLOCH

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I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANY MAN ALIVE

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AND WHEN YOU DIE

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YOU'LL BE A FOOT SOLDIER JUST LIKE ME

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IN THE DEVILS INFANTRY

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AND ALL THE WAY TO FAYETTEVILLE

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WE CURSED MCCULLOCH'S NAME

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AND MOURNED THE DEAD WE'D LEFT BEHIND

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AND WE WAS CARRING THE LAME

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I KILLED A BOY THE OTHER NIGHT

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WHO'D NEVER EVEN SHAVED

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I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M FIGHTIN' FOR

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I AIN'T EVER OWNED A SLAVE

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SO I SNUCK OUT OF CAMP

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AND I HEARD THE NEWS NEXT NIGHT

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THE YANKEES WON THE BATTLE

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AND MCCOLLOCH LOST HIS LIFE

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GODDAMN YOU BEN MCCOLLOCH

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I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANY MAN ALIVE

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AND WHEN YOU DIE

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YOU'LL BE A FOOT SOLDIER JUST LIKE ME

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IN THE DEVILS INFANTRY

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