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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1103854,"song":"Mr Confederate Man","artist":"Rebel Son","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11245359-mr-confederate-man-chords-by-rebel-son/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1103854?type=chord","rating":4.85208,"votes":19,"content":"\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            \r\nI was just a little boy in elementary school[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEnglish and Math and Science class[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLearning the golden rule[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]      \r\nI learned how to add and how to subtract[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow to multiply and divide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI learned about bugs and I learned about plants[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I learned how to read and write[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut my most favorite class of all was my last class of the day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen my history teacher would tell us tales of old times long gone away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nI was amazed at the way she knew all the people and their names and the [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nplaces and the dates[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nBecause when I first learned about General Lee and his Thirteen rebel states.[/tab]\r\n\r\n:Tabbing:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nOne day she came to school with a big brown grocery bag[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                 \r\nShe opened it up we all helped her hold her up[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis great big X-shaped flag[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nShe said \"Class, now only a fool would tell you this flag is a symbol of hate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt represents the men who fought and died with pride for our Confederate [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nstates[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nYour assignment tonight, I want you to write, I want you to pretend[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat one of these brave men came back to life,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat would you say to him[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]         \r\nWell the school bell rang and I thought and I thought as the bus carried me [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch] \r\nacross town[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got out my pencil and my notebook pad and this is what I wrote down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wrote[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]           \r\nMr. Confederate man,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'd like to shake your hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch] \r\nFor giving your life for Dixieland[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMr. Confederate man,[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe next day in history class, I put my paper on the teacher's desk\r\nThen she called me up in front of everyone, \r\nbecause she said she liked mine the best\r\nAs I walked up to the head of the class, \r\nmy teacher smiled and she nodded at me\r\nThen I saw a tear roll down her cheek as I began to read\r\n\r\nI read\r\n\r\nMr. Confederate man,\r\nI'd like to shake your hand\r\nFor giving your life for Dixieland\r\nMr. Confederate man,\r\n\r\nPlayed quiet:\r\n\r\nI was at home reading through the news, just the other day\r\nWhen I ran across my old teacher's name and I saw that she had passed away\r\nWith a bitter-sweet smile I looked up at my wall, a wrinkled paper and an \r\nold wood frame\r\nWhere underneath penciled words almost faded away, she had marked a great \r\nbig red A\r\nPlus\r\n\r\nMr. Confederate man,\r\nI'd like to shake your hand\r\nFor giving your life for Dixieland\r\nMr. Confederate man,\r\n\r\nI wrote\r\n\r\nMr. Confederate man,\r\nI'd like to shake your hand\r\nFor giving your life for Dixieland\r\nMr. Confederate man...","plain_text":":Tabbing:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe next day in history class, I put my paper on the teacher's desk\nThen she called me up in front of everyone, \nbecause she said she liked mine the best\nAs I walked up to the head of the class, \nmy teacher smiled and she nodded at me\nThen I saw a tear roll down her cheek as I began to read\n\nI read\n\nMr. Confederate man,\nI'd like to shake your hand\nFor giving your life for Dixieland\nMr. Confederate man,\n\nPlayed quiet:\n\nI was at home reading through the news, just the other day\nWhen I ran across my old teacher's name and I saw that she had passed away\nWith a bitter-sweet smile I looked up at my wall, a wrinkled paper and an \nold wood frame\nWhere underneath penciled words almost faded away, she had marked a great \nbig red A\nPlus\n\nMr. Confederate man,\nI'd like to shake your hand\nFor giving your life for Dixieland\nMr. Confederate man,\n\nI wrote\n\nMr. Confederate man,\nI'd like to shake your hand\nFor giving your life for Dixieland\nMr. Confederate man...","chords":["G","C","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}