{"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":1927605,"song":"Burning Georgia Down","artist":"Balsam Range","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11431212-burning-georgia-down-chords-by-balsam-range/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1927605?type=chord","rating":4.81174,"votes":23,"content":"Capo: II\r\n[INTRO]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe Yankee letter said that they'd be comin' any day[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd if we planned on gettin' out alive we best be on our way[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOur tattered grey was torn between if we should run or fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nBut our Southern pride swelled up inside as we dug in for the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen we heard a rider callin', \"They're comin' down the road!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the firey flash of twenty-pounders started to explode[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTried our best to stop them but our efforts were in vain[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the distance you could hear the sound of Dixie's last refrain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey're burnin' Georgia down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Those devils dressed in blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey took the higher ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Dying's all we can do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAtlanta's bound to fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSmell the smoke and the cinder[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey're burnin' Georgia down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n But we never will surrender[/tab]\r\n\r\n[INSTRUMENTAL CHORUS]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSherman left Atlanta leading sixty thousand of his best[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSpreading the destruction over 50 miles abreast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMarching to the sea, leavin' nothing in their path[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nFactories, farms, and churches; nothing spared their wrath[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh Christmas Day in '64, they cut off our supplies[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then they offered Mr. Lincoln up Savannah as a prize[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd though our lines are broken; we fought on till the end[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd pray someday we'll find a way to Dixie once again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey're burnin' Georgia down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Those devils dressed in blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey took the higher ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Dying's all we can do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAtlanta's bound to fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSmell the smoke and the cinder[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey're burnin' Georgia down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n But we never will surrender[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey're burnin' Georgia down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n But we never will surrender[/tab]\r\n\r\n[OUTRO]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]","plain_text":"Capo: II\n[INTRO]\nAm C Em\n\n[VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[INSTRUMENTAL CHORUS]\nG G/F# Em C G G/F# Em C G C Em Am C Em\n\n[VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[OUTRO]\nEm A Em","chords":["Am","C","Em","G","B7","D","G/F#","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}