#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # 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.