Johnny Boy's Bones (Feat. The Dead South) chords by Colter Wall, The Dead South
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Verse 1
Well, (E minor) I wish I was in the land of cotton
Old times they are not forgotten
Look away, look away,
Interlude 1
look away Dixieland
(E minor) (D major) (E minor) (D major)
(E minor) (D major)
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Verse 2
Although (E minor) musket and cannon
(B major) have torn (D major) his gray coat
Don't he look fine (B minor) and (D major) handsome?
Don't he (E minor) look at his most
For he fought in the foxhole
and at (D major) this I (B minor) will boast (D major)
Don't (B major) they look fine and handsome
My poor (E minor) Johnny boy's bones?
Verse 3
Well, (G major) who will bring back my
Johnny (D major) boy's bones?
To (B major) lay beneath the trees
of his (E minor) Tennessee home
A (G major) box, a box made of (D major) sturdy white oak
With his (B major) arms folded up and his
(E minor) blue eyes all closed
Interlude 2
(E minor) (D major) (E minor)
Verse 4
Well, he (E minor) died for his country
And he died (D major) for his (B minor) kin (D major)
(B minor) And he died killing men (D major)
A most (E minor) honorable sin
Verse 5
But them mean (E minor) boys in blue
They done (D major) turned him in
When they (B major) laid him low
With a laugh (E minor) and a grin
Verse 6
Oh, (G major) who will bring back my
Johnny (D major) boy's bones?
To lay (B major) beneath the trees of
our Ten (E minor) nessee home
A (G major) box, a box made from
(D major) sturdy white oak
With his (B major) arms folded up and
his blue eyes (E minor) all closed
Verse 7
Oh, (G major) who will bring back my
(D major) Johnny boy's bones?
To lay (B major) beneath the trees
of our (E minor) Tennessee home
A (G major) box, a box made (D major) from
sturdy white oak
With his (B major) arms folded up and
his (E minor) blue eyes all closed
Verse 8
Oh, (G major) who will bring back my
(D major) Johnny boy's bones?
To lay (B major) beneath the trees
of our (E minor) Tennessee home
A (G major) box, a box (E minor) (G major) made
from sturdy (D major) white oak
With his (B major) arms folded up and
his (E minor) blue eyes all closed
Johnny Boy's Bones (Feat. The Dead South)
Colter Wall, The Dead South
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