“Missionary Ridge”
By Shovels and Rope
‘Little Seeds’
Capo on 4th
[INTRO]
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[VERSE]
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It was a faction of the Army of the Cumberland, the 15th Army Corp
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Just a few years back were a bunch of boys that never left home before
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But the shame of Chickamauga, so hungry they could almost die
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Without any order from the General, they clamored up the mountain side
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Clamored up the mountain side
[CHORUS]
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Don't go whistling Dixie on Missionary Ridge
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Don't call to arms those poltergeists, open up the casket lid
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You'll wake those boys to wander among the old carnage
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So don't go whistling Dixie on Missionary Ridge
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[VERSE]
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On the 25th of November it happened in the broad daylight
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Gazing down on Chattanooga, Bragg could not foresee the fight
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Outnumbered by the blue coats 2-to-1, he tucked his tail to flee
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The Union broke the Confederate line and marched out to the sea
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Marched out to the sea
[CHORUS]
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Don't go whistling Dixie on Missionary Ridge
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Don't call to arms those poltergeists, open up the casket lid
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You'll wake those boys to wander among the old carnage
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So don't go whistling Dixie on Missionary Ridge
[SOLO]
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[VERSE]
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In the stillness of the morning, when you breath that mountain air
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The chill that you will feel, reminds you what happened there
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When the light drips down the mountain, and the fog lifts from its face
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The darkness of that memory lies buried in a sunny place
[CHORUS]
C Am G C
Don't go whistling Dixie on Missionary Ridge
G Am
Don't call to arms those poltergeists, open up the casket lid
C Am G C
You'll wake those boys to wander among the old carnage
G Am
So don't go whistling Dixie on Missionary Ridge
[Outro]
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