He Walked All the Way Home chords by Blue Highway

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Verse 1
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In the grim and final
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hour of the War between the States
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He had enough dying,
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all the grief that he could take
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From the Appamattox Courthouse,
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where the deed was sadly done
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There was no place left
for him to go but home
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Verse 2

He walked all the way home

to Southampton County

To carry all he owned

and try to forget

Wearing sadness like a mantle

for the friends he lost in vain

He walked all the way home to start his

Interlude 1

life again

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Verse 3
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In the end he knew the reasons but
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so many had been lost
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For years to come the fallen
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would sleep beneath the cross
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What he held in angry silence,
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time could never burn away
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It was just the saddest
price he'd ever pay
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Verse 4
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He walked all the way home
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to Southampton County
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To carry all he owned and try
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to forget
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Wearing sadness like a mantle
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for the friends he lost in vain
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He walked all the way home to start his life again

Interlude 2

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Verse 5
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When he stopped to take some water
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at a little roadside place
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A pretty southern widow
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sadly looked into his face
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As they talked a while his blue eyes
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seemed to ease her broken heart
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One day he came back
and took her home
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Verse 6
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He walked all the way home
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to Southampton County
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To carry all he owned and
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try to forget
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Wearing sadness like a mantle
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for the friends he lost in vain
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He walked all the way home
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to start his life again
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