Wilderness Peter Case
Song: Wilderness
Tuning: Standard
[G]We were marchin' down the orange plank road
when the federals first we [Em]spied.[G]
By the [Am]old wilderness [G]tavern the [Am]armies[Am/B] did [C]collide.
Lead began to fi[G]ll and w[Am]histle t[Am/B]hrough the a[C]ir
and the de[G]ad and dying p[Am]iled up, their b[D]lood was every[G]where.
In the[C] wildern[G]ess, I [Am]was just [Am/B]seven[C]teen.
By f[G]ar the bloody a[Am]ngle was the w[D]orst I'd ever seen
In the [C]wilder[G]ness
[G]We broke in disorder and fled into the [Em]pines.[G]
[Am]Tangled in the [G]underbrush, w[Am]e couldn't [Am/B]find our [C]lines.
We faced them there for [G]hours, till it [Am]grew too [Am/B]dark to [C]fight.
And the [G]groans and cries for [Am]water went una[D]nswered in the [G]night.
In the[C] wilder[G]ness, the [Am]early [Am/B]days of [C]june.
[G]Lyin with the [Am]dyin, 'neath the [D]green virginia moon.
In the[C] wilder[G]ness, where the [Am]devil [Am/B]tempted [C]christ,
[G]Lee got on the [Am]radio and [D]ordered up a strike.
In the[C] wilder[G]ness.
So we [C]set the woods on [G]fire, [Am]stopped them [Am/B]in their [C]tracks.
We lau[C]ghed as we saw them [G]runnin, [Am]shot them [Am/B]in the [C]backs.
They n[C]ever saw it [G]comin from the [Am]guns u[Am/B]p in the [C]trees.
So we [G]let them have it [Am]one more time as they [D]fell down to their knees.
In the[C] wilder[G]ness.
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[G] [Em] [D/F#] [G] [C] [Am/B] [Am] [D] [Em] [D/F#] [G] [F] [D/F#] [G]
[G]I was way out in the wilderness with the [Em]stonewall br[G]igade.
The [Am]captain saw my [G]wounds and said son [Am]prayin [Am/B]aint my [C]trade.
Jets were roarin [G]over, we [Am]beheld the [Am/B]pride of [C]mars,
With [G]hearts the size of [Am]houses and [D]eyes ablaze like [G]stars.
In the[C] wilder[G]ness the [Am]serpent [Am/B]wears a [C]crown,
but their were [G]angels in the [Am]treetops as I [D]lay my body down.
In the[C] wilde[G]rness I [Am]was just [Am/B]seven[C]teen,
by [G]far the bloody [Am]angle was the [D]worst i'd ever see.
In the[C] wilder[G]ness.
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