Ben McCulloch Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][Am][G]
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[Verse 1]
We signed up [Am]in San Antone,
[G]my brother Paul [C]and me
[G]To fight with Ben McCulloch and the
Texas [Am]infantry
Well the poster said we'd get a uniform
and sev[G]en bucks a [C]week
The best [G]rations in the army

[Verse 2]
and a rifle we could keep
[Am]When I first laid eyes on the general
I knew [G]he was a fightin' [C]man
He was [G]every inch a soldier,
every word was [Am]his command
Well his eyes were cold as the lead
and steel forged [G]into tools of [C]war
He [G]took the lives of many and the
souls of many [Am]more

[Verse 3]
Well they marched us to [Am]Missouri
and we [G]hardly stopped for [C]rest
And [G]then he made this speech and said,
"We're comin' to [Am]the test"
Well we've got to take Saint Louie
boys before [G]the Yankees [C]do
[D]If we contro[G]l the Mississippi then the
Federals [Am]are through

[Verse 4]
Well they [Am]told us that our enemy
would all [G]be dressed [C]in blue
[G]Well they forgot about the winter's
cold and the cursed fever [Am]too
My brother died at Wilson's
Creek [G]and Lord I seen him [C]fall
[G]We fell back to the Boston Mountains in the
north [Am]of Arkansas
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[Verse 5]
[G]Goddamn you Ben McCulloch
I hate you more than any other man [D]alive
And [Am]when you [Em]die you'll be a
[Am]foot soldier just like [Em]me
In the [D]Devil's infantry
[G]

[Verse 6]
And [Am]on the way to Fayetteville
[G]we cursed [C]McCulloch's name
And [G]mourned the dead that we'd left
behind and we was carrying [Am]the lame
I killed a boy the other night who'd
[G]never even [C]shaved
I don't [G]even know what I'm fightin' for,
I ain't never owned [Am]a slave
So I snuck out of camp and then I
[G]heard the news next [C]night
The Yan[G]kees won the battle and McCulloch lost [Am]his life,
[G]yeh[Am][G]

[Verse 7]
[G]
Goddamn you Ben McCulloch
I hate you more than any other man [D]alive
And [Am]when you [Em]die you'll be a
[Am]foot soldier just like [Em]me
In the [D]Devil's infantry

[Outro 1]
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