Ebm

Ebm/Db

Vir-

gil

Caine__

is

the

name,__

and

I

served__

Cb

Gb/Bb

Abm

on

the

Dan-

ville

train,__

Ebm

Ebm/Db

til

Stone

-

man's

cav -

al -

ry

came

and

Cb

Gb/Bb

Abm

tore

up

the

tracks

a-

gain.__

Ebm/Bb

Cb

In

the

win-

ter

of

'six-

ty-

five,

we

were

Gb

Abm

hun-

gry,

just

bare-

lt

a-

live.__

Ebm/Bb

Cb

By

May

the

tenth

Rich-

mond

had

fell.

It

was

a

time__

Gb

Abm

I

re-

mem-

ber

oh,__

so

well.__

Ebm

Ebm/Db

Back

with

my

wife

in

Ten-

nes-

see,

when

Cb

Gb/Bb

Abm

one

day

she

called

to

me,__

Ebm

Ebm/Db

"Vir

-

gil,

quick

come

see

Cb

Gb/Bb

Abm

there

goes

Rob-

ert

E.

Lee."__

Ebm/Bb

Cb

now

I

don't

mind

chop-

pin'

wood,

and

I

Gb

Abm

don't

care

if

the

mon-

ey's

no

good.__

Ya

Ebm/Bb

Cb

take

what

ya

need

and

ya

leave

the

rest.

never

But

they

Gb

Abm

never

should

have

tak-

en

the

ve-

y

best.__

Ebm

Ebm/Db

Like

my

fa-

ther

be-

fore

me,

Cb

Gb/Bb

Abm

I

will

work

the

land.__

Ebm

Ebm/Db

and

like

my

bro-

ther

a

-

bo

-

ove

me

Cb

Gb/Bb

Abm

who

took

a

Reb-

el

stand;__

He

was

Ebm/Bb

Cb

just

eight

-

teen,

proud

and

brave,

but

a

Gb

Abm

Yan-

kee

laid

him

in

his

grave.__

I

Ebm/Bb

Cb

swear

by

the

mud

be-

low__

feet,

you

can't

Gb

Abm

raise

a

Caine

back

up

when

he's

in

de-

feat.__