The Kennesaw Line Chords by Bobby Horton

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_ _ I am but [A] a simple man, I [G] got no command of the [D] written word.
_ I can only try and [A] tell you [G] all the things I seen [D] and heard.
_ _ So listen to [A] the picture _ [G] forever etched on my [D] mind.
The day that hell broke loose just [G] north of Marietta all along the [D] Kennesaw line.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ The sun rose high [A] above us that morning [G] on a clear and cloudless [D] day.
A _ _ peck of wood [A] taps on the tree, [G] he'll soon be shot [D] away.
_ _ Heat blistered down [A] through the leaves on the trees, [G] the air seemed hot enough to [D] catch fire.
_ _ The heavens seemed [A] to be made of brass [G] as the sun rose higher [Bm] and higher. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ Everything got [A] real still and quiet, [G] my old mess-mate Walter [D] Hood. _
He said, Sam, I believe them Yanks down [A] there are up to something [G] and I know it ain't no [D] damn good.
_ Well, the storm broke [A] and it swept down on us [G] and rumbled through the _ [D] hills.
_ _ _ Walter sighed, [A] then he dropped his rifle, [G] he said something to me [Bm] about a whipper-whill.
_ _ _ He [G] said, Sammy, can't you hear [D] them singing, _ _ [G] singing for you [D] and me?
_ [G] And all the [D] Murray Grays, whoa, [A] carry me back to [Bm] Tennessee. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] God bless the first [D] and the 27 [G] and the Grand Rock City [D] guards.
_ _ [G] _ Nobody ever [D] told me, whoa, [A] dying would be [G] so _ hard.
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Sam, I think [A] I've been hurt real [D] bad.
[G] Ain't this one hell of a [D] day.
_ _ _ You better go and [A] leave [D] me now.
[G] I think I need some time [D] to pray.
_ _ You know how bad [A] I've been wanting to go home, [G] but I couldn't see [D] rightly how.
_ _ _ Oh, Colonel Field ain't gonna [A] have no choice this [D] time.
[G] I think I'll get my [Bm] furlough now. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Don't you tell me that you [D] can't hear them _ [G] singing for you and [D]
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[G] And all the [D] Murray Grays, whoa, [A] carry me back to [Bm] Tennessee, _ _ _ _ _ [G] Tennessee. _
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_ [D] _ _ I told you I'm just a simple man.
[G] I got no command [D] of the written word.
_ _ I can only [A] try and tell you [G] all the things I've seen [D] and heard.
_ So listen to [A] the picture _ [G] forever etched on [D] my mind.
The day when hell broke loose [C] just North of Mary [G] all along the [D] Kennesaw Line.
The day when hell broke loose just North of Mary [G] all along the [D] Kennesaw Line.
The day that hell broke loose [A] just North of Mary [G] all _ _ along…
the Kennesaw
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