Tom: Ab
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From this day on I own my father's gun.
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We dug his shallow grave beneath the sun.
Bb G/B Cm Eb/Bb Ab
I laid his broken body down - below the southern line.
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It wouldn't do to bury him - where any Yankee stands.
Eb Ab/Eb Gm7
I'll take my horse and I'll ride the northern plain.
Cm Cm/Bb Ab
To wear the colour of the greys and join the fight again.
Bb G/B Cm Eb/Bb Ab
I'll not rest until I know - the cause is fought and won.
Db Cm Ab Eb
From this day on, until I die, I'll wear my father's gun.
CHORUS:
G Cm Bbm (sus) Ab
I'd like to know where the riverboat sails to - night.
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To New Orleans well that's just fine al - right.
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`Cause there's fighting there and the company needs men.
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So slip us a rope and sail on round the bend.
Eb Ab /Eb Gm7
As soon as this is over we'll go home.
Cm Cm/Bb Ab
To plant the seeds of justice in our bones.
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To watch the children growing - and see the women sewing.
Db Cm Ab Eb
There'll be laughter when the bells of freedom ring.
