Intro: | Eb | Ab/Eb | Eb | Ab/Eb | Eb |
EbAb/EbGm7
From this day on I own my father's gun.
CmCm/BbAb
We dug his shallow grave beneath the sun.
BbG/BCmEb/BbAb
I laid his broken body down - below the southern line.
DbCmAbBb7
It wouldn't do to bury him - where any Yankee stands.
EbAb/EbGm7
I'll take my horse and I'll ride the northern plain.
CmCm/BbAb
To wear the colour of the greys and join the fight again.
BbG/BCmEb/BbAb
I'll not rest until I know - the cause is fought and won.
DbCmAbEb
From this day on, until I die, I'll wear my father's gun.
Chorus:
GCmBbm (sus) Ab
I'd like to know where the riverboat sails to - night.
G7CmBbm (sus) Ab
To New Orleans well that's just fine al - right.
FBbG/BGCmBbm
`Cause there's fighting there and the company needs men.
AbBb | Db/Eb * Eb * | Eb7Ab/EbEb * |
So slip us a rope and sail on round the bend.
EbAb /EbGm7
As soon as this is over we'll go home.
CmCm/BbAb
To plant the seeds of justice in our bones.
BbG/BCmEb/BbAb
To watch the children growing - and see the women sewing.
DbCmAbEb
There'll be laughter when the bells of freedom ring.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.