Tuning: Standard G5 We were marchin' down the orange plank road E5 G5 when the federals first we spied. A5 G5 A5 A5 C5 By the old wilderness tavern the armies did collide. G5 A5 A5 C5 Lead began to fill and whistle through the air G5 A5 D5 G5 and the dead and dying piled up, their blood was everywhere. C5 G5 A5 A5 C5 In the wilderness, I was just seventeen. G5 A5 D5 By far the bloody angle was the worst I'd ever seen C5 G5 In the wilderness G5 E5 G5 We broke in disorder and fled into the pines. A5 G5 A5 A5 C5 Tangled in the underbrush, we couldn't find our lines. G5 A5 A5 C5 We faced them there for hours, till it grew too dark to fight. G5 A5 D5 G5 And the groans and cries for water went unanswered in the night. C5 G5 A5 A5 C5 In the wilderness, the early days of june. G5 A5 D5 Lyin with the dyin, 'neath the green virginia moon. C5 G5 A5 A5 C5 In the wilderness, where the devil tempted christ, G5 A5 D5 Lee got on the radio and ordered up a strike. C5 G5 In the wilderness. C5 G5 A5 A5 C5 So we set the woods on fire, stopped them in their tracks. C5 G5 A5 A5 C5 We laughed as we saw them runnin, shot them in the backs. C5 G5 A5 A5 C5 They never saw it comin from the guns up in the trees. G5 A5 D5 So we let them have it one more time as they fell down to their knees. C5 G5 In the wilderness. instrumental G5 E5 D5 G5 C5 A5 A5 D5 E5 D5 G5 F5 D5 G5 G5 E5 G5 I was way out in the wilderness with the stonewall brigade. A5 G5 A5 A5 C5 The captain saw my wounds and said son prayin aint my trade. G5 A5 A5 C5 Jets were roarin over, we beheld the pride of mars, G5 A5 D5 G5 With hearts the size of houses and eyes ablaze like stars. C5 G5 A5 A5 C5 In the wilderness the serpent wears a crown, G5 A5 D5 but their were angels in the treetops as I lay my body down. C5 G5 A5 A5 C5 In the wilderness I was just seventeen, G5 A5 D5 by far the bloody angle was the worst i'd ever see. C5 G5 In the wilderness.
