verse 1 A E A Oh, I'm a good old rebel, now that's just what I am, A E And for this Yankee nation, I do not give a damn, D A I'm glad I fought again' her, I only wish we'd won, A E A I ain't asked any pardon for anything I've done ... verse 2 A E A I hates the Yankee nation, and everything they do, A E I hates the Declaration Of Independence too, D A I hates the glorious Union, 'tis dripping with our blood, A E A I hates the striped banner, I fit it all I could ... verse 3 A E A I rode with Robert E. Lee for three years thereabout, A E Got wounded in four places, and I starved at Point Lookout, D A I cauched the rheumatism, a-camping in the snow, A E A But I killed a chance of Yankees, and I'd like to kill some more ... verse 4 A E A Three hundred thousand Yankees is stiff in Southern dust, A E We got three hundred thousand before they conquered us, D A They died of Southern fever and Southern steel and shot, A E A I wish there were three million, instead of what we got ... Verse 5 A E A I can't take up my musket, and fight 'em now no more, A E But I ain't gonna love 'em, now that is certain sure, D A And I don't want no pardon for what I was and am, A E A I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn ... Verse 6 A E A Oh, I'm a good old rebel, now that's just what I am, A E for this Yankee nation, I do not give a damn, D A I'm glad I fought again' her, I only wish we'd won, A E A I ain't asked any pardon, for anything I've done ... A E A I ain't asked any pardon, for anything I've done.
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