Tom: Cm F Farewell, my Lila F I'll write every evening Bb/F F I've carved our names Bb/F C7/F In the trunk of this tree F Farewell, my Lila F I miss you already Bb/F F And dream of the day Bb/F F When I'll hold you again Bb/F F In a home safe from fear Bb/F C7/F F When the Southland is free Dm7 C/E Fsus4 F I go to fight for these old hills behind me Dm7 C/E Fus4 F These Old Red Hills of Home Dm7 C/E Fsus4 F I go to fight, for these old hills remind me G Gm7 Of a way of life that's pure G Bb/G Of the truth that must endure Gm7 Fsus4/A In a town called Marietta Bb F In the Old Red Hills of Home Dm7 C/E Bb/F F Pray on this day as I journey beyond them Dm7 C/E Bb/F F These Old Red Hills of Home Dm7 C/E Bb/F F Let all the blood of the North spill upon them G Gm7 'Till they've paid for what they've wrought G Bb/G Taken back the lies they've taught Gm7 Fsus4/A And there's peace in Marietta Gm7 Fsus4/A And we're safe again in Georgia Bb G/B In the land where Honor lives and breathes F/C Bb/C F The Old Red Hills of Home F Farewell, my Lila F Farewell [OLD GD IER] Eb Look there, my Lila Eb They call me to tell it Ab/Eb Eb The lives that we led Ab/Eb Bb7/Eb Eb When the Southland was free Cm7 Bb/D Ebsus4 Eb We gave our lives for the old hills of Georgia Ab/C Bb/D Ebsus4 Eb The old red hills of home Cm7 Bb/D Ab/Eb Eb Not much survives of the old hills of Georgia F Ab/F But I close my eyes and hear F Fm7 All the treasures we held dear [OLD GD IER] Eb Bb7 Eb Eb7 The rushing of the Chattahoochie [TOWNSPEOPLE] Ab6 F7/A Bb7 The tall pines and the red clay [OLD GD IER] Eb The rustling in the wind [TOWNSPEOPLE] Eb Bb7 Eb The blue skies and the dogwood trees [OLD GD IER] Eb7 And Mama in the kitchen singin' [TOWNSPEOPLE] Ab6 F7/A A man can grow his cotton [OLD GD IER] Bb7 And me and Lila swinging in a tree [TOWNSPEOPLE] Ab And his crops [OLD GD IER & TOWNSPEOPLE] Eb/G Ab F7/A G7/B Oh I hear it calling, calling still! [OLD G IDER] Cm F7/A Eb/Bb And I would gladly give F7 Bb7sus4 Eb My good right leg Again F Again! [ALL] Dm7 C/E God bless the sight Bb/F F Of the old hills of Georgia Bb/D C/E Fsus4 The old red hills of home F Dm7 C/E (Kneel down to) Praise those who fight Bb/F F For the old hills of Georgia G Gm7 For those proud and valiant men G Bb/G We'll sing "Dixie" once again Gm7 For the men of Marrietta Fsus4/A (For the the brothers of Cobb County) Gm7 For the fathers of Atlanta Fsus4/A (For the patriarchs) Bb G/B Who gave everything for Georgia F/C Bb/C F And the old red hills of home