{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1919065,"song":"Sittin Up Drinkin With Robert E Lee","artist":"Rebel Son","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11430592-sittin-up-drinkin-with-robert-e-lee-chords-by-rebel-son/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1919065?type=chord","rating":4.41049,"votes":8,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTakin' a trip in my old Chevy, ridin' through the south[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI looked up on a hill and I saw a big white house[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI caught a glimpse of a bearded man polishing his sword[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, I saw Robert E. Lee outside sittin' on the porch[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI pulled up in the yard and saw a cotton field out back[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe invited me to sit with him and share a fifth of Jack[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe had criss-cross bars and thirteen stars blowing in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                                           [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Save your Confederate money, boy 'cause the south will rise again.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd Robert E. Lee did not like them northerners one bit[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe was a rebel and he knew it and he didn't give a shit[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWe've been talkin' about Dixie and how old times used to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I've been sittin' up drinkin' with Robert E. Lee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe talked about his troops in the rebel infantry[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd those thirteen southern states that live in infamy[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs he took another swig of his black label whiskey[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"That yankee pride don't mean a damn thing to me.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe spoke about his men and how they always fought so brave[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd how they wove their sacred flag though many lives they gave[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe struggled to gain independence for his southern ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe stood up for his cause and never once did he back down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd Robert E. Lee did not like them northerners one bit[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe was a rebel and he knew it and he didn't give a shit[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWe've been talkin' about Dixie and how old times used to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I've been sittin' up drinkin' with Robert E. Lee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was two o'clock A.M. and the fire was gettin' low[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo I thanked him for our talk 'cause it was time for me to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile walkin' to my car, I turned to thank him once again[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                           [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut the light was bare, there was nothing there but rock and dirt and sand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas it my imagination playing with my head?[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI remember hearing clearly every single word he said[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]                                  [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEvery movement, every gesture, every tear that his heart shed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHis dream is still alive even though his body's dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]                     \r\nRobert E. Lee's memory lives on in the southern soul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAlong with his boys who fought and died out in the cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLee was a man with tons of courage and a hero without a doubt[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe was a man with determination, he was a man from the south[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd Robert E. Lee did not like them northerners one bit[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe was a rebel and he knew it and he didn't give a shit[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWe've been talkin' about Dixie and how old times used to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I've been sittin' up drinkin' with Robert E. Lee[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWe've been talkin' about Dixie and how old times used to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I've been sittin' up drinkin' with Robert E. Lee[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","D","E","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}