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[Intro]
Em
[Verse]
EmMy daddy raised me to be Dright
To fight for this land till the day I Emdie
Fighting for the promise of a golden Ddream
Underneath the shadow of the cedar Emtrees
EmMarched from Richmond in the July Dsun
Blisters on my feet and a bruise from my Emgun
Now December's wrath of bitter Dcold
Is sending me shivers to the core of my Emsoul
[PreChorus]
And they Dsay they're coming after Christmas day
We'll Emline up our boys in the suits of gray
DDig in the dirt and hold our ground
Bm7Praying for the angels now
[Chorus]
EmThe was blood in the cotton fields
ABullet holes in the wagon wheels
EmBlood in the cotton fields
ASmoke rising from the cannon steel
Tell me where is heaven, 'cause hell is Bm7real
There was Emblood in the Acotton Emfields
[Verse]
EmWe woke the morning of the D31st
We drank whiskey to quench our Emthirst
Came up on the side of the Union Dline
Caught them Yankees in a big surpEmrise
[PreChorus]
We pDushed them back in the rocks by ten
A Emmurderous charge in the slaughter pen
We Dtried and tried, again and again
But the Bm7reign of fire wouldn't end
[Chorus]
EmThe was blood in the cotton fields
ABullet holes in the wagon wheels
EmBlood in the cotton fields
ASmoke rising from the cannon steel
Tell me where is heaven, 'cause hell is Bm7real
There was Emblood in the Acotton Emfields
[Instrumental]
*Same Chords as Verses*
[Verse]
By the aEmfternoon of the 2nd Dday
We only had one more charge to Emtake
Charging up the side of McFadden's DFord
Fifty-seven cannons aimed at our Emswords
[PreChorus]
D1800 men fell to the ground
In Emless than an hour we had gone down
DGone up in a big smoke cloud
And Bm7that's where my body lay now
[Chorus]
EmThe was blood in the cotton fields
ABullet holes in the wagon wheels
EmBlood in the cotton fields
ASmoke rising from the cannon steel
Tell me where is heaven, 'cause hell is Bm7real
There was Emblood in the Acotton, Emblood in the Acotton
EmBlood in the Acotton Emfields

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Blood In The Cotton Fields

by Brooks Hubbard

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Bm7

[Intro]

[Verse]

Em D

My daddy raised me to be right

To fight for this land till the day I die

Fighting for the promise of a golden dream

Underneath the shadow of the cedar trees

Em D

Marched from Richmond in the July sun

Blisters on my feet and a bruise from my gun

Now December's wrath of bitter cold

Is sending me shivers to the core of my soul

[PreChorus]

And they say they're coming after Christmas day

We'll line up our boys in the suits of gray

Dig in the dirt and hold our ground

Bm7

Praying for the angels now

[Chorus]

The was blood in the cotton fields

Bullet holes in the wagon wheels

Blood in the cotton fields

Smoke rising from the cannon steel

Bm7

Tell me where is heaven, 'cause hell is real

Em A Em

There was blood in the cotton fields

[Verse]

Em D

We woke the morning of the 31st

We drank whiskey to quench our thirst

Came up on the side of the Union line

Caught them Yankees in a big surprise

[PreChorus]

We pushed them back in the rocks by ten

A murderous charge in the slaughter pen

We tried and tried, again and again

Bm7

But the reign of fire wouldn't end

[Chorus]

The was blood in the cotton fields

Bullet holes in the wagon wheels

Blood in the cotton fields

Smoke rising from the cannon steel

Bm7

Tell me where is heaven, 'cause hell is real

Em A Em

There was blood in the cotton fields

[Instrumental]

*Same Chords as Verses*

[Verse]

Em D

By the afternoon of the 2nd day

We only had one more charge to take

Charging up the side of McFadden's Ford

Fifty-seven cannons aimed at our swords

[PreChorus]

1800 men fell to the ground

In less than an hour we had gone down

Gone up in a big smoke cloud

Bm7

And that's where my body lay now

[Chorus]

The was blood in the cotton fields

Bullet holes in the wagon wheels

Blood in the cotton fields

Smoke rising from the cannon steel

Bm7

Tell me where is heaven, 'cause hell is real

Em A Em A

There was blood in the cotton, blood in the cotton

Em A Em

Blood in the cotton fields

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