Mr. Confederate Man Chords by Rebel Son

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_ _ _ I was just [C] a little boy [G] in elementary [D] school
_ _ [G] English and math [C] and science class, [G] learning [D] the golden [G] rule
I learned how to add [C] and how to subtract, [G] how to multiply and divide
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I [G] learned about bugs [C] and I learned about plants and [G] I learned [D] how to read [G] and write
But my most favorite [C] class of all [G] was my last class of [D] the day
_ [G] When my history teacher [C] would tell us tales of [G] old times [D] long gone [G] away
I was amazed at the way [C] she knew all the people [G] and their names and the places [D] and the days
[G] That's when I first learned [C] about General Lee and [G] his [D] thirteen rebel [G] states
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_ _ _ One day [C] she came to school [G] with a big brown grocery [D] bag
_ [G] She opened it up, we [C] all helped her hold up [G] this great [D] big egg-shaped [G] flag
She said, class, now only [C] a fool will tell you [G] this flag is a symbol [D] of hate
It [G] represents the men [C] who fought and died [G] with pride for [D] our [G] confederate states
Your assignment tonight, [C] I want you to write, [G] I want you to [D] pretend
That [G] one of these brave men [C] came back to life, [G] now what would [D] you say [G] to him?
Well the school bell rang and [C] I thought and I thought [G] as the bus carried me across [D] town
_ [G] I got out my pencil [C] and my notebook pad [G] and this is [D] what I [G] wrote down
[D] I [G] wrote, _ Mr.
[C] Confederate Man, [G] _ I'd like [D] to shake your hand
[Em] For giving your life [C] for _ Dixieland, [G] Mr.
[D] Confederate [G] Man
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_ _ _ next day [C] in history class I [G] put my paper on the [D] teacher's desk
_ [G] Then she called me up in [C] front of everyone because [G] she said she [D] liked [G] mine the best
As I walked up [C] to the head of the class my [G] teacher smiled and she nodded [D] at me
_ [G] Then I saw a tear [C] roll down her cheek [G] as I [D] began [G] to read
[D] I [G] read, _ Mr.
[C] Confederate Man, [G] _ I'd like [D] to shake your hand
[Em] For giving your life [C] for _ Dixieland, [G] Mr.
[D] Confederate [G] Man
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_ _ Well I was at home [C] reading through the [G] news just the other [D] day
_ [G] When I ran across my [C] old teacher's name and [G] I saw where [D] she had passed [G] away
With a bittersweet smile [C] I looked up at my wall of [G] wrinkled paper in an old wood [D] frame
Where [G] underneath penciled words [C] almost faded away she [G] had marked a [D] great big [G] red A
_ Plus, _ Mr.
[C] Confederate Man, [G] _ I'd like [D] to shake your hand
[Em] For giving your life [C] for _ Dixieland, [G] Mr.
[D] Confederate [G] _
[D] Man
And I [G] wrote, _ Mr.
[C] Confederate Man, [G] _ I'd like [D] to shake your hand
[Em] For giving your life [C] for _ Dixieland, [G] Mr.
[D] Confederate [G] _
Man
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