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