Chords for Sam Chatmon discusses his father (1978)
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85.975 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] I was raised at a place at Boulder.
That's about 16 miles this side of Jackson,
coming towards Vicksburg.
So my daddy, he was a slave-at-time man.
He was married and had children in the slave-at-time.
He was in the Civil War.
What did he tell you about that?
Well, he told me a lot about it.
He said he killed so many men
until there was now no bridge to cross.
He said he'd take men and throw them in the branch,
in the creek, until they could drive the wagons on the cross.
He said the old ladies, old colored ladies,
they would always be the ones to take care of the young kids.
They had holes in the trough to mix bread and stuff up in
so the children could eat.
The kids would eat in the trough?
Yeah, eat in the trough, just like pigs.
My daddy told me all these things, and I don't forget them.
He told me the next thing he told me, he said,
when he was in the war, his old master was named Old Man Chatman.
He went by Chatman because his master was a Chatman.
He first was a mardin, he said.
Then him and his mother were sold to Mr.
Chatman.
Then he had to wear the name of Chatman.
He was going by, he said,
Chatman, if you see any men, you let me know.
He's about 21 or 22 years old.
He said, Old Master, there's two up under the bridge.
He went back there and made them come out
and found out who they was and everything.
They went on, and then they went back on.
The next two or three weeks, he said he was on his way going at [Ab] mail.
He said he'd come out and stopped him.
He said, you look like the same boy
was with a man come by here and showed us to him.
He said, no, I wasn't by him.
He said, you look just like him.
I thought if you had been him, I'd have had to blow your brains out.
He's so glad to get away from that life, he didn't know what to do.
Was he in the war on the southern or the northern side?
He was on the side.
He didn't get no, what is this stuff you get from the army?
Rations or pension?
Pension.
He didn't get no money at all.
Old Man Owsley, I was raised up around him,
he was on the side where him and his wife both drawed pensions.
But my daddy didn't draw no
That's about 16 miles this side of Jackson,
coming towards Vicksburg.
So my daddy, he was a slave-at-time man.
He was married and had children in the slave-at-time.
He was in the Civil War.
What did he tell you about that?
Well, he told me a lot about it.
He said he killed so many men
until there was now no bridge to cross.
He said he'd take men and throw them in the branch,
in the creek, until they could drive the wagons on the cross.
He said the old ladies, old colored ladies,
they would always be the ones to take care of the young kids.
They had holes in the trough to mix bread and stuff up in
so the children could eat.
The kids would eat in the trough?
Yeah, eat in the trough, just like pigs.
My daddy told me all these things, and I don't forget them.
He told me the next thing he told me, he said,
when he was in the war, his old master was named Old Man Chatman.
He went by Chatman because his master was a Chatman.
He first was a mardin, he said.
Then him and his mother were sold to Mr.
Chatman.
Then he had to wear the name of Chatman.
He was going by, he said,
Chatman, if you see any men, you let me know.
He's about 21 or 22 years old.
He said, Old Master, there's two up under the bridge.
He went back there and made them come out
and found out who they was and everything.
They went on, and then they went back on.
The next two or three weeks, he said he was on his way going at [Ab] mail.
He said he'd come out and stopped him.
He said, you look like the same boy
was with a man come by here and showed us to him.
He said, no, I wasn't by him.
He said, you look just like him.
I thought if you had been him, I'd have had to blow your brains out.
He's so glad to get away from that life, he didn't know what to do.
Was he in the war on the southern or the northern side?
He was on the side.
He didn't get no, what is this stuff you get from the army?
Rations or pension?
Pension.
He didn't get no money at all.
Old Man Owsley, I was raised up around him,
he was on the side where him and his wife both drawed pensions.
But my daddy didn't draw no
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[E] I was raised at a place at Boulder.
That's about 16 miles this side of Jackson,
coming towards Vicksburg. _
So my daddy, he was a slave-at-time man.
He was married and had children in the slave-at-time.
He was in the Civil War.
What did he tell you about that?
Well, he told me a lot about it.
He said he killed so many men
until there was now no bridge to cross.
He said he'd take men and throw them in the branch,
in the creek, until they could drive the wagons on the cross. _ _
He said the old ladies, old colored ladies, _
_ they would always be the ones to take care of the young kids.
They had holes in the trough to mix bread and stuff up in
so the children could eat.
The kids would eat in the trough?
Yeah, eat in the trough, just like pigs. _ _ _
_ _ _ My daddy told me all these things, and I don't forget them.
He told me the next thing he told me, he said,
when he was in the war, his old master was named _ _ Old Man Chatman.
_ He went by Chatman because his master was a Chatman.
He first was a mardin, he said.
Then him and his mother were sold to Mr.
Chatman.
Then he had to wear the name of Chatman. _
He was going by, he said,
Chatman, if you see any men, you let me know.
He's about 21 or 22 years old.
_ He said, Old Master, there's two up under the bridge.
He went back there and made them come out
and found out who they was and everything. _
They went on, and then they went back on.
The next two or three weeks, he said he was on his way going at [Ab] mail.
_ He said he'd come out and stopped him.
He said, you look like the same boy
was with a man come by here and showed us to him.
He said, no, I wasn't by him.
_ He said, you look just like him.
I thought if you had been him, I'd have had to blow your brains out.
He's so glad to get away from that life, he didn't know what to do.
Was he in the war on the southern or the northern side?
He was on the side.
He didn't get no, _ what is this stuff you get from the army?
_ Rations or pension?
Pension.
He didn't get no money at all.
Old Man Owsley, _ I was raised up around him,
he was on the side where him and his wife both drawed pensions.
But my daddy didn't draw no
That's about 16 miles this side of Jackson,
coming towards Vicksburg. _
So my daddy, he was a slave-at-time man.
He was married and had children in the slave-at-time.
He was in the Civil War.
What did he tell you about that?
Well, he told me a lot about it.
He said he killed so many men
until there was now no bridge to cross.
He said he'd take men and throw them in the branch,
in the creek, until they could drive the wagons on the cross. _ _
He said the old ladies, old colored ladies, _
_ they would always be the ones to take care of the young kids.
They had holes in the trough to mix bread and stuff up in
so the children could eat.
The kids would eat in the trough?
Yeah, eat in the trough, just like pigs. _ _ _
_ _ _ My daddy told me all these things, and I don't forget them.
He told me the next thing he told me, he said,
when he was in the war, his old master was named _ _ Old Man Chatman.
_ He went by Chatman because his master was a Chatman.
He first was a mardin, he said.
Then him and his mother were sold to Mr.
Chatman.
Then he had to wear the name of Chatman. _
He was going by, he said,
Chatman, if you see any men, you let me know.
He's about 21 or 22 years old.
_ He said, Old Master, there's two up under the bridge.
He went back there and made them come out
and found out who they was and everything. _
They went on, and then they went back on.
The next two or three weeks, he said he was on his way going at [Ab] mail.
_ He said he'd come out and stopped him.
He said, you look like the same boy
was with a man come by here and showed us to him.
He said, no, I wasn't by him.
_ He said, you look just like him.
I thought if you had been him, I'd have had to blow your brains out.
He's so glad to get away from that life, he didn't know what to do.
Was he in the war on the southern or the northern side?
He was on the side.
He didn't get no, _ what is this stuff you get from the army?
_ Rations or pension?
Pension.
He didn't get no money at all.
Old Man Owsley, _ I was raised up around him,
he was on the side where him and his wife both drawed pensions.
But my daddy didn't draw no