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Intro 1
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D
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Verse 1
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Buried there at the foot of
He's better off he's standing still
C
Done some chores back in the day
D
G
D
Cut some rope and whittled away
He killed a man, he's a shame to see
G
Now he's cryin' in the fields
C
I don't want to kill nobody
G
I don't want to kill nobody
D
I don't want to feel like jackknife anymore.
G
C
When young Charles Consett
was called to war,
G
he bought some beads in a Bible store.
D
He wasn't sure what he was praying for,
C
And the en emy was a young boy,
G
shivering scared out in the cold.
D
Charles raised his gun and let it fold,
G
and the boy just ran away.
C
D
I don't want to kill nobody.
G
I don't want to kill nobody.
A
D
I don't want to feel like jackknife anymore
G
C
The colonel sat in a
straight -backed chair
G
and Charles, Ma, and Pa were there
D
The sentence was what they feared
G
Let the muskets fire away."
G
his dad clenched his teeth
when they asked Charles
if he wanted to speak.
D
He fumbled with his beads
and rose from his seat
he brought shame to his
family and his country
by going over the hill.
C
G
13 offices of the 123rd Illinois,
including a regimental
and company commander,
D
petitioned the highest office
G
that Charles Sendspeak commuted.
C
And on September 24, 1864,
President Lincoln,
G
in response to what they were asking for,
D
gave the order to open the stockade door
C
I don't want to kill nobody
G
I don't want to kill nobody
D
I don't want to feel like
C
Jackknife livin' out in the fields
of the Virginia hills
D
He's better off, he's standin' still
C
He done his chores back in the day
D
G
Cut some rope and whittled away
he's a shame to say
G
He's cryin' in the fields
C
I don't wanna kill nobody
G
I don't wanna kill nobody
G
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