{"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":2286367,"song":"Andersonville","artist":"Dave Alvin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11479538-andersonville-chords-by-dave-alvin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2286367?type=chord","rating":4.78448,"votes":4,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the spring of '61 I kissed my mother good- bye[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI put on a blue uniform and I fought for Lincoln's side[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Til I got caught by Johnny Reb[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn the woods near Chapel Hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wish to God he would have killed me then[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut he sent me to Anderson ville[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy uniform is faded and there's no boots upon my feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm pulling worms out of the mud[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Cause there's nothing else to eat[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the rebs can't even feed there own[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo there's no way they can fill the bellies of the Yankees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStarving in Anderson ville[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome men are born to preach God's word[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSome men are born to kill[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I guess that I was only born[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo die in Anderson ville[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI dug a hole with my bare hands in the red Georgia clay[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause there ain't no shelter from the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOr the cold wind, or the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm too damn weak to stand up at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo I just lay quiet and still[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they can bury me in the hole I dug[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen I die in Anderson ville[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome men are born to preach God's word[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSome men are born to kill[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I guess that I was only born[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo die in Anderson ville[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n([ch]E[/ch] )\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI dream the same dream every night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOf a woman that I've never known[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe's standing by a warm fireside[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd she whispers that I've come home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEvery morning when I wake[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI pray someday that she'll[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLay a flower on my grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen I die in Anderson ville[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome men are born to preach God's word[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSome men are born to kill[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I guess that I was only born[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo die in Anderson ville[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I guess that I was only born[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo die in Anderson ville[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG Am G Am G    Am C G Am\n(E )","chords":["Am","G","E","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}