Ben McCulloch
Ben McCulloch

Ben McCulloch easy guitar chords by Steve Earle

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    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    We signed 
    up 
    in San 
    Antone, 

    my brother 
    Paul 
    and me 

    To 
    fight 
    with Ben 
    McCulloch and the 

    Texas 
    infantry 

    Well the 
    poster 
    said 
    we'd 
    get 
    a uniform 

    and sev
    en 
    bucks 
    a 
    week 

    The 
    best 
    rations 
    in 
    the army 

    Verse 2
    and 
    a rifle 
    we 
    could 
    keep 

    When I 
    first 
    laid 
    eyes 
    on the 
    general 

    I knew 
    he 
    was a 
    fightin' 
    man 

    He was 
    every 
    inch a 
    soldier, 

    every 
    word 
    was 
    his command 

    Well 
    his eyes 
    were cold 
    as 
    the lead 

    and steel 
    forged 
    into 
    tools 
    of 
    war 

    He 
    took 
    the lives 
    of many 
    and the 

    souls 
    of many 
    more 

    Verse 3
    Well they 
    marched 
    us to 
    Missouri 

    and we 
    hardly 
    stopped 
    for 
    rest 

    And 
    then 
    he made 
    this 
    speech 
    and said, 

    "We're 
    comin' 
    to 
    the test" 

    Well we've 
    got 
    to take 
    Saint 
    Louie 

    boys 
    before 
    the Yankees 
    do 

    If we con
    trol 
    the Mississippi 
    then the 

    Federals 
    are through 

    Verse 4
    Well they 
    told 
    us that 
    our 
    enemy 

    would 
    all 
    be 
    dressed 
    in blue 

    Well they forgot 
    about 
    the winter's 

    cold 
    and the 
    cursed 
    fever 
    too 

    My 
    brother 
    died 
    at Wilson's 

    Creek 
    and Lord 
    I seen 
    him 
    fall 

    We fell 
    back 
    to 
    the Boston 
    Mountains 
    in the 

    north 
    of Arkansas 


    Verse 5
    Goddamn 
    you 
    Ben 
    McCulloch 

    I 
    hate 
    you 
    more 
    than 
    any 
    other 
    man 
    alive 

    And 
    when 
    you 
    die 
    you'll 
    be a 

    foot soldier 
    just 
    like 
    me 

    In the 
    Devil's 
    infantry 

    Verse 6
    And 
    on 
    the way 
    to 
    Fayetteville 

    we cursed 
    McCulloch's name 

    And 
    mourned 
    the dead 
    that we'd left 

    behind 
    and 
    we was 
    carrying 
    the lame 

    I 
    killed 
    a boy 
    the 
    other 
    night 
    who'd 

    never 
    even 
    shaved 

    I don't 
    even 
    know 
    what 
    I'm 
    fightin' 
    for, 

    I ain't 
    never 
    owned 
    a slave 

    So 
    I snuck 
    out 
    of camp 
    and then 
    I 

    heard 
    the news 
    next 
    night 

    The Yan
    kees 
    won 
    the battle 
    and 
    McCulloch lost 
    his life, 

    yeh 

    Verse 7

    Goddamn 
    you 
    Ben 
    McCulloch 

    I 
    hate 
    you 
    more 
    than 
    any 
    other 
    man 
    alive 

    And 
    when 
    you 
    die 
    you'll 
    be a 

    foot soldier 
    just 
    like 
    me 

    In the 
    Devil's 
    infantry 

    Outro 1



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