Last Letter Home
David "Butch" Mcdade & James.H.Brown Jr.
verse:
G
G
C
C
1
1
4
4
G
G
D
D
1
1
5
5
G
G
C
C
1
1
4
4
D
D
G
G
5
5
1
1
chorus:
Em
Em
G
G
6
6
1
1
Em
Em
G
D
6
6
1
5
G
G
C
C
1
1
4
4
D
D
G
G
5
5
1
1
I have heard the cannons thunder'n at night,
And I cannot help but wonder if the rebels cause is right,
And the morphine seems to do no good at all.
I would run away it I would not fall.
chorus:
And I dreamed of a rose in a Spanish garden,
And I kissed you and I placed it in your hair,
And if I'm ever on my feet again I will,
I will, run all the way just to meet you there.
I joined the southern cavalry for fun.
I had rode a thousand horses, Always had a way with a gun.
Now I'm among the horseless riders ly'n still,
Swallowed up by the cause on the Evil's hill
Through the day I watched those southern boys go down
And they lay like Georgia peaches bruised and broken on the ground
Through the night I wondered was it worth the pain
And I cried not revenge I called your name