Lookout Mountain chords by Bobby Bare
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Intro 1
(D major)
Verse 1
November of (D major) '63
High above went down to sea
(G major) We were home in the lookout
mountain
(D major)
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Verse 2
Couldn't see down through the clouds
But there wasn't any doubt
(D minor) That there were (G major) Yankees there
Beyond (G minor) the counting
(D major)
Verse 3
The union guns began to roar
Firing up from the valley floor
And (G major) through the mist
It look like lightning
(D major)
Verse 4
Muskets loud and blank
Up through the fall they came
I (G major) will not lie
Lord it was frightening
(D major)
Verse 5
And the captain (G major) said
Boys (D major) ritsel high
If you listen (C major) you'll hear (G major) Gabriel's
trumpets sounding
(D major)
Verse 6
And heav (G major) en's just a step (D major) away
For the (C major) brave men who will die (G major) on lookout
(D major) mountain
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
Our cannons could (D major) not fire
Straight down mountain side (D minor)
And the (G major) yankee boys, they drew (D major) closer
Verse 8
(D major)
The odds were 6 to 1
So the captain ground said son
And (G major) you were wrong
I told (D major) him: no sir
Verse 9
In the driving (G major) rain
With the (D major) powder gone
(C major) We sent boulders crashing (G major)
down around (D major) them
Verse 10
Well we (G major) done our bid
But they would (D major) not turn
(C major) We could not hold them off (G major)
on lookout (D major) mountain
(C major) (G major)
Interlude 2
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Verse 11
We saw that all (D major) hope was gone
With the thought of the folks at home
If we (G major) ran in the woods
Surely dis (D major) grace them
(C major) (D major)
Verse 12
Slowly as the bullets flew
But it was just one thing to do
I sit (G major) in prayer
Turned to face (D major) them
Verse 13
Well we shot (G major) them down
But there (D major) was no pain
In the (C major) darkness one more (G major) rebel
heart stopped (D major) pounding
Verse 14
At the morning (G major) light
I was (D major) glory bound
Before the (C major) rakes put the union
flag (G major) on lookout mountain
(D major)
Verse 15
At the morning (G major) light
I was (D major) glory bound
Before the (C major) rakes put the union flag (G major) on lookout
(D major) mountain
Outro 1
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Lookout Mountain
Bobby Bare
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