{"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":2380083,"song":"Blood In The Cotton Fields","artist":"Brooks Hubbard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11491905-blood-in-the-cotton-fields-chords-by-brooks-hubbard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2380083?type=chord","rating":0.06101,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy daddy raised me to be right[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo fight for this land till the day I die[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFighting for the promise of a golden dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUnderneath the shadow of the cedar trees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMarched from Richmond in the July sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlisters on my feet and a bruise from my gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow December's wrath of bitter cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIs sending me shivers to the core of my soul[/tab]\r\n\r\n[PreChorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they say they're coming after Christmas day[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe'll line up our boys in the suits of gray[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nDig in the dirt and hold our ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nPraying for the angels now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe was blood in the cotton fields[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBullet holes in the wagon wheels[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlood in the cotton fields[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSmoke rising from the cannon steel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nTell me where is heaven, 'cause hell is real[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere was blood in the cotton fields[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe woke the morning of the 31st[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe drank whiskey to quench our thirst[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCame up on the side of the Union line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCaught them Yankees in a big surprise[/tab]\r\n\r\n[PreChorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe pushed them back in the rocks by ten[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA murderous charge in the slaughter pen[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe tried and tried, again and again[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nBut the reign of fire wouldn't end[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe was blood in the cotton fields[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBullet holes in the wagon wheels[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlood in the cotton fields[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSmoke rising from the cannon steel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nTell me where is heaven, 'cause hell is real[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere was blood in the cotton fields[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n*Same Chords as Verses*\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy the afternoon of the 2nd day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe only had one more charge to take[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCharging up the side of McFadden's Ford[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFifty-seven cannons aimed at our swords[/tab]\r\n\r\n[PreChorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n1800 men fell to the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn less than an hour we had gone down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nGone up in a big smoke cloud[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nAnd that's where my body lay now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe was blood in the cotton fields[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBullet holes in the wagon wheels[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlood in the cotton fields[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSmoke rising from the cannon steel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nTell me where is heaven, 'cause hell is real[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere was blood in the cotton, blood in the cotton[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlood in the cotton fields[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[PreChorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[PreChorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n*Same Chords as Verses*\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[PreChorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Em","D","Bm7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"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]}}}