[Intro]
N.C.
Well I wish I was in the land of cotton
N.C.
Old times they are not forgotten
N.C.
Look away, look away, look away
N.C.
Dixieland
[Verse 1]
Em D
Oh musket and cannon torn his gray coat
D
Don't he look fine and handsome
Em
Don't he look at his most
Em D
45 in the foxhole and at this I will boast
D
Don't they look fine and handsome
Em
My poor Johnny Boy's Bones
[Chorus]
G D
Well who will bring back my Johnny Boy's Bones
B Em
To lay beneath the trees of his Tennessee home
G D
A box, a box made of sturdy white oak
B Em
With his arms folded up and his blue eyes all closed
[Verse 2]
Em D
Well he died for his country
D
And he died for his kin
And he died killing men
Em
A most honorable sin
But them mean boys in blue
D
They done turned him in
When they laid him low
Em
With a laugh and a grin