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Ben McCulloch chords by 
Steve Earle 
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Key: G major•BPM: 91
Intro 1
Am
C
Am
G
Am
Verse 1
Am
We signed up in San Antone,
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C
my brother Paul and me
G
To fight with Ben McCulloch and the
Am
Texas infantry
Well the poster said we'd get a uniform
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C
and seven bucks a week
G
The best rations in the army
Verse 2
and a rifle we could keep
Am
When I first laid eyes on the general
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C
I knew he was a fightin' man
G
He was every inch a soldier,
Am
every word was his command
Well his eyes were cold as the lead
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C
and steel forged into tools of war
G
He took the lives of many and the
Am
souls of many more
Verse 3
Am
Well they marched us to Missouri
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C
and we hardly stopped for rest
G
And then he made this speech and said,
Am
"We're comin' to the test"
Well we've got to take Saint Louie
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C
boys before the Yankees do
D
G
If we control the Mississippi then the
Am
Federals are through
Verse 4
Am
Well they told us that our enemy
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C
would all be dressed in blue
G
Well they forgot about the winter's
Am
cold and the cursed fever too
My brother died at Wilson's
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C
Creek and Lord I seen him fall
G
We fell back to the Boston Mountains in the
Am
north of Arkansas
G
Am
G
Verse 5
G
Goddamn you Ben McCulloch
D
I hate you more than any other man alive
Am
Em
And when you die you'll be a
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Em
foot soldier just like me
D
In the Devil's infantry
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Verse 6
Am
And on the way to Fayetteville
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C
we cursed McCulloch's name
G
And mourned the dead that we'd left
Am
behind and we was carrying the lame
I killed a boy the other night who'd
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C
never even shaved
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I don't even know what I'm fightin' for,
Am
I ain't never owned a slave
So I snuck out of camp and then I
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C
heard the news next night
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Am
The Yankees won the battle and McCulloch lost his life,
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Am
G
yeh
Verse 7
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Goddamn you Ben McCulloch
D
I hate you more than any other man alive
Am
Em
And when you die you'll be a
Am
Em
foot soldier just like me
D
In the Devil's infantry
Outro 1
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Am
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