C
You fought all the way Johnny Reb Johnny Reb
F
C
Saw you a marchin’ with Robert E. Lee
G7
You held your head a-high tryin’ to win the victory
F
C
You fought for your folks but you didn’t die in vain
F
C
Even though you lost they speak highly of your name
F
C
I heard your teeth chatter from the cold outside
G7
Saw the bullets open up the wounds in your side
F
C
I saw the young boys as they begin to fall
F
C
You had tears in your eyes ’cause you couldn’t help at all
F
C
I saw General Lee raise the sabre in his hand
G7
Heard the cannon’s roar as you made your last stand
F
C
You marched in the battle with the gray and the red
F
C
When the cannon’s smoke cleared took days to count the dead
F
C
When “Honest Abe” heard the news about your fall
G7
The folks thought he’d call a great victory ball
F
C
But he asked the band to play the song Dixie
F
C
For you Johnny Reb and all that you believed
G7
F
C
