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Ben Mccullock Steve Earle
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[AM]WE SIGNED UP IN SAN ANTON
MY BROTHER[G] PAUL AND ME [C]
TO FIGHT[G] WITH BEN MCCOLLOCH
AND THE TEXAS INFANTRY [AM]
[AM]WELL THE POSTER SAID WE'D GET A UNIFORM
AND SEVEN[G] BUCKS A WEEK [C]
THE BEST RATIONS IN[G] THE ARMY
AND A RIFLE WE COULD KEE[AM]P
[AM]WHEN I FIRST LAID EYES ON THE GENERAL
I KNEW HE WAS A[G] FIGHTING MAN [C]
HE WAS E[G]VERY INCH A SOLDIER
EVERY WORD WAS HIS COMMAND[AM]
[AM]WELL HIS EYES WERE COLD AS LEAD AND STEEL
FORGED [G]INTO TOOLS OF WAR [C]
HE TOOK THE LIVES OF[G] MANY
AND THE SOULS OF MANY MORE[AM]
[AM]WELL THEY MARCHED US TO MISSOURI
AND WE HARDLY [G]STOPPED FOR REST [C]
THEN HE MAD[G]E HIS SPEECH AND SAID
WE'RE COMIN' TO THE TEST[AM]
[AM]WELL WE'VE GOT TO TAKE SAINT LOUIS BOYS
BEFORE [G]THE YANKEES DO [C]
IF WE CONTROL THE [G]MISSISSIPPI
THEN THE FEDERALS ARE THROUGH[AM]
[AM]WELL THEY TOLD US THAT OUR ENEMY
WOULD ALL BE [G]DRESSED IN BLUE [C]
THEY FORGOT [G]ABOUT THE WINTERS COLD
AND THE CURSED FEVER TOO[AM]
[AM]MY BROTHER DIED IN WILSONS CREEK
G C AND LORD I SEEN HIM FALL
WE FELL BACK TO THE [G]BOSTON MOUNTAINS
IN THE NORTH OF ARKANSAS[AM]
[G] [AM] [G] [AM]
GO[G]DDAMN YOU BEN MCCOLLOCH
I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANY MAN ALIVE [D]
AND WHEN[AM] YOU DIE [EM]
YOU'LL BE A FOOT SOLDIE[AM]R JUST LIKE ME [EM]
IN THE DEVILS [D]INFANTRY [G]
[AM]AND ALL THE WAY TO FAYETTEVILLE
WE CURSED MC[G]CULLOCH'S NAME [C]
AND MOURNED[G] THE DEAD WE'D LEFT BEHIND
AND WE WAS CARRING THE LAME[AM]
[AM]I KILLED A BOY THE OTHER NIGHT
WHO'D NEVER EVEN[G] SHAVED [C]
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHA[G]T I'M FIGHTIN' FOR
I AIN'T EVER OWNED A SLAV[AM]E
[AM]SO I SNUCK OUT OF CAMP
AND I HEARD THE[G] NEWS NEXT NIGHT [C]
THE YANKEES[G] WON THE BATTLE
AND MCCOLLOCH LOST HIS LIFE[AM]
[G] [AM] [G] [AM]
[G]GODDAMN YOU BEN MCCOLLOCH
I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANY MAN ALIVE [D]
AND WHEN [AM]YOU DIE [EM]
YOU'LL BE A FOOT SOLDIER[AM] JUST LIKE ME [EM]
IN THE DEVILS I[D]NFANTRY [G]
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