Battle of Bull Run chords by Johnny Horton

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Verse 1
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The sun shown
bright and clear that day
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We all left Washington
To lick the Rebel boys in grey
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At the Battle of Bull Run
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They came from Pennsylvania and
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some from Maryland
To see the Rebel boys get spanked
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by Honest Abe's broad hand

Verse 2
We said we'll run â??em to
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Atlanta and to Galveston Bay
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But they ran us back to
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Washington and Philadelphia
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And Philadelphia
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Verse 3
The ladies wore their brightest shawls
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The gentlemen were gay
They came to see their Yankee
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boys WHIP old Virginia
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I held my momma's
hand and skipped
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When a soldier said to me
Would you rather have Jeff Davis' hat
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or the sword of Bobbie Lee

Verse 4
We said we'll run â??em to
Bm 
Atlanta and to Galveston Bay
D 
But they ran us back to
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Washington and Philadelphia
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G 
And Philadelphia
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Verse 5
And then the general doffed his hat
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and said let's rest a spell
Before the first and we all
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heard that awful rebel yell
The waters of Manasas creek
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be came a ruby red
Many a Reb and Yankee boy
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lay in the willows dead

Verse 6
We said we'll run â??em to
Bm 
Atlanta and to Galveston Bay
D 
But they ran us back to
G 
Washington and Philadelphia
D 
G 
And Philadelphia
D 

Verse 7
A fight locked in the jest of time too
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horrible to tell
Virginny's true green countryside
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became a lake of hell
Don't count your chicks
before they're hatched
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Or you'll work until it's done
Remember yes remember
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long the Battle of Bull Run

Verse 8
We said we'll run â??em to
Bm 
Atlanta and to Galveston Bay
D 
But they ran us back to
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Washington and Philadelphia
D 
G 
And Philadelphia
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