Tono: A
Introducción: Eb Eb Eb
Eb Ab Gm7
From this day on I own my father's gun.
Cm Ab
We dug his shallow grave beneath the sun.
Bb G/B Cm Eb Ab
I laid his broken body down - below the southern line.
Db Cm Ab Bb7
It wouldn't do to bury him - where any Yankee stands.
Eb Ab Gm7
I'll take my horse and I'll ride the northern plain.
Cm Ab
To wear the colour of the greys and join the fight again.
Bb G/B Cm Eb Ab
I'll not rest until I know - the cause is fought and won.
Db Cm Ab Eb
From this day on, until I die, I'll wear my father's gun.
G Cm Bbm(sus) Ab
I'd like to know where the riverboat sails to - night.
G7 Cm Bbm(sus) Ab
To New Orleans well that's just fine al - right.
F Bb G/B G Cm Bbm
`Cause there's fighting there and the company needs men.
Ab Bb Db Eb Eb7 Ab Eb
So slip us a rope and sail on round the bend.
Eb Ab Gm7
As soon as this is over we'll go home.
Cm Ab
To plant the seeds of justice in our bones.
Bb G/B Cm Eb Ab
To watch the children growing - and see the women sewing.
Db Cm Ab Eb
There'll be laughter when the bells of freedom ring.
{Repeat Chorus, Fade}