{"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":858138,"song":"Just Before The Battle Mother","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11602168-just-before-the-battle-mother-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/858138?type=chord","rating":4.52921,"votes":8,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust before the battle, mother,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI am thinking most of you,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile upon the field we're watching[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith the enemy in view.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nComrades brave are 'round me lying,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nFilled with thoughts of home and God[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor well they know that on the morrow,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSome will sleep beneath the sod.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFarewell, mother, you may never[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nPress me to your heart again,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut, oh, you'll not forget me, mother,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf I'm numbered with the slain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, I long to see you, mother,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the loving ones at home,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I'll never leave our banner,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTill in honor I can come.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTell the traitors all around you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThat their cruel words we know,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn every battle kill our soldiers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBy the help they give the foe.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFarewell, mother, you may never[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nPress me to your heart again,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut, oh, you'll not forget me, mother,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf I'm numbered with the slain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHark! I hear the bugles sounding,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Tis the signal for the fight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow, may God protect us, mother,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs He ever does the right.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHear the \"Battle-Cry of Freedom,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHow it swells upon the air,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, yes, we'll rally 'round the standard,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOr we'll perish nobly there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFarewell, mother, you may never[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nPress me to your heart again,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut, oh, you'll not forget me, mother,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf I'm numbered with the slain.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\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[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","D","E","E7"],"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]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}