Ballad Of The Blue And Gray chords by 
Lefty Frizzell 
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Key: E major•
Verse 1
B
E
F
E
Ooooo...
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Now Jimmy chose the Yankee blue
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E
His heart was on their side
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But brother Billy joined the rebs
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And how their mother cried
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They both shook hands
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and kissed their mum,
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there wasn't much to say
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One headed north, the other south,
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the blue against the grey
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It was brother fighting brother,
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father fight ing son
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A war which both sides had to lose
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No matter which side won
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Bill was in the charts at Gettysburg
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He'd never known defeat
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While Jim was up there on the hill,
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each prayed they'd never meet
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With Jim a dozen yard s ahead,
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the Yanks came down the hill
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And when the smoke had cleared away,
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Jim found his brother Bill
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Jim knelt beside young Billy,
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but he had no words to say
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Bob Bill saw him and held his fire
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while Jim had blazed away
It was brother fighting brother,
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father fighting son
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A war which both sides had to lose,
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no matter which side won.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB E F A
B
E
F
A
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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