Chords for Rebel Son- Mr Confederate Man

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