standard tuning E , A , D , G , B , E 
 
G                               C  
I turned 17 in '63 on a battle feild in Tennessee. 
G                                    D 
I did what I was told do an never questioned why, 
G            
until in Dixburg on some farmers land, 
C 
so close that we fought hand in hand 
G                 D               G 
I met a rebel boy, but spared his life 
 
chorus: 
C                      D 
In another place another time  
G 
you mighthave been a freind of mine. 
C                             D           G 
There'd be no bloody feilds no screams of pain 
C                             D 
And i have too wonder what could be, 
G 
if it came down to you an me. 
C           D                  G 
If i wore dodden blue or union gray 
 
bridge:  play the verse chords while someone picks out the song( G , C , G , D , G , C , G , D , G ) 
 
verse: 
G 
He was 17 and dressed in grey, and  
C 
I could tell that in so many ways, 
G                                D 
we had a lot in common underneath that uniform. 
G 
In the day light we fought fearlessly, 
C 
in the dark we cried ourselves to sleep 
G               D               G 
longing for our mother's loving arms 
 
repeat chorus