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Standard Tuning, Capo on 1st fret

[intro]
G C G D
G (320003@1)G (320003@1)                                  C (x32010@1)          GNot (320003@1)another foot was stirring on the floor of the house
D (xx0232@1)                          C (x32010@1)      Gexcept (320003@1)for my 'pa who'd been up for a while
G (320003@1)                             C (x32010@1)           GSeems (320003@1)he's headin' on after the bad word that came,
        D (xx0232@1)                          C (x32010@1)           Gof (320003@1)his brothers who marched but were left down all slain

DPlease (xx0232@1)call out the cavalry
C (x32010@1)         GSend (320003@1)them along
     DFor (xx0232@1)we need our daddy,
    C (x32010@1)          Gand (320003@1)so does this farm

CMama (x32010@1)stays awake to pray,
      Gin (320003@1)a lonely straw bed
       Dand (xx0232@1)we rise before the sun
         C (x32010@1)          Gwith (320003@1)the work that he left

G C G

G (320003@1)                           C (x32010@1)             GHe (320003@1)took what mama made him to feed him on his way
    D (xx0232@1)                       C (x32010@1)          Ghe (320003@1)kissed all my brothers, my sisters, and me
     G (320003@1)                     C (x32010@1)             Ghe (320003@1)held my poor mama, looked down and said, "Son,
         D (xx0232@1)                      C (x32010@1)         GI'll (320003@1)be home soon, now hand me my coat and my gun."

DPlease (xx0232@1)call out the cavalry
C (x32010@1)       GSend (320003@1)them along
    DFor (xx0232@1)we need our daddy
    C (x32010@1)          Gand (320003@1)so does this farm

CMama (x32010@1)stays awake to pray
      Gin (320003@1)a lonely straw bed
       Dand (xx0232@1)we rise before the sun
         C (x32010@1)          Gwith (320003@1)the work that he left

G G C G
GD GC G (320003@1)G (320003@1)                                  C (x32010@1)          GIt's (320003@1)been some days without him, but we've toiled away
D (xx0232@1)                          C (x32010@1)              Ghang (320003@1)onto the cattle and the crops that we've laid
G (320003@1)                         C (x32010@1)          Gmama (320003@1)sits by the window and stares until dark
      D (xx0232@1)                 C (x32010@1)           Gand (320003@1)rocks by the fire and cries out her heart

DPlease (xx0232@1)call out the cavalry
C (x32010@1)         GSend (320003@1)my man home
    DFor (xx0232@1)we need our daddy
    C (x32010@1)          Gand (320003@1)so does this farm

C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)          
mama stays awake to pray, in a lonely straw bed
       D (xx0232@1)                          C (x32010@1)           Gand (320003@1)we rise before the sun, for the work that you left

G G C G
G G D G

G (320003@1)                        C (x32010@1)       Gbeen (320003@1)about a year since my daddy had gone
       D (xx0232@1)                        C (x32010@1)           Gwhen (320003@1)I saw an old carriage, and a coat I'd once known
       G (320003@1)                        C (x32010@1)             Git (320003@1)was draped o'er a man who once stood proud and tall
    D (xx0232@1)                     C (x32010@1)        Gnow (320003@1)broken and battered and missing an arm

G (320003@1)                              C (x32010@1)             Ghe (320003@1)cried when he saw us, and the words they came slow
       D (xx0232@1)                      C (x32010@1)            Gof (320003@1)the sunrise he found and the hell that he'd known
    G (320003@1)                      C (x32010@1)        Ghe (320003@1)asked for forgiveness for failing us all
     D (xx0232@1)                   C (x32010@1)       Ghis (320003@1)duty cut short, in the battle he lost

D (xx0232@1)                        C (x32010@1)         GWe (320003@1)said, "don't mind that daddy, for now you are home,
    D (xx0232@1)                         C (x32010@1)         Gnow (320003@1)mama cries for joy, and she won't sleep alone.
       C (x32010@1)                            GYou've (320003@1)sons and you've daughters, now please use our arms."
    D (xx0232@1)                          C (x32010@1)        GNow (320003@1)rise before the sun, for the work to be done.