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Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:14:17 -0500
From: "bethcar6" <bethcar6@bellsouth.net>
Subject: johnny horton's johnny reb

From: Stephen PH
Date: Sunday, April 10
subject: chords for Johnny reb  by Johnny Horton

Johnny Reb
Johnny Horton, and, Merle Kilgore  
Johnny Horton's greatest hits album
transcriber,  Stephen Ph   
this is just my second entry and I'm not too good at it but I'm pretty sure this is right.

E                                               A                E
You fought all the way, Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb
E                                   A         E
You fought all the way, Johnny Red

E                                     A              E
Saw you a-marchin' with Robert E. Lee
E
You held your head a-high, tryin' to win the victory
         A                                          E
You fought for your folks but you didn't die in vain
                                                    A
Even though you lost, they speak highly of your name


Chorus
E                                                         A                E
'Cause you fought all the way, Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb
E                                   A        E
You fought all the way, Johnny Reb

E                                                      A    E
I heard your teeth chatter from the cold outside
E
Saw the bullets open up the wounds in your side
   A                                 E
I saw the young boys as they begin to fall
E                                                          A                     E
You had tears in your eyes, 'cause you couldn't help at all

Chorus:
E                                                     A                  E
But you fought all the way, Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb
E                                     A        E
You fought all the way, Johnny Reb

E                                            A                E
I saw, General Lee, raise the saber in his hand
B7
Heard the cannon's roar as you made your last stand 
           A                                         E
You marched in the battle with the gray and the red
E                                                              A
When the cannon's smoke cleared, took days to count the dead

Chorus:
E                                                         A                  E
'Cause you fought all the way, Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb
E                                      A       E
You fought all the way, Johnny Reb

E                                                 A                      E
When, "Honest Abe", heard the news about your fall
E
The folks thought he'd call a great victory ball
       A                                             E
But he asked the band to play the song, Dixie
E                                     A                     E
For you Johnny Reb and all that you believed

Chorus:
E                                                          A                 E
'Cause you fought all the way, Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb 
E                                               A       E
Yeah, you fought all the way, Johnny Reb

Repeat once and then fade out.