Wilderness
Peter CaseVersion1
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We were marchin' down the orange plank road
when the federals first we spied.
By the old wilderness tavern the armies did collide.
Lead began to fill and whistle through the air
and the dead and dying piled up, their blood was everywhere.
In the wilderness, I was just seventeen.
By far the bloody angle was the worst I'd ever seen
In the wilderness
We broke in disorder and fled into the pines.
Tangled in the underbrush, we couldn't find our lines.
We faced them there for hours, till it grew too dark to fight.
And the groans and cries for water went unanswered in the night.
In the wilderness, the early days of june.
Lyin with the dyin, 'neath the green virginia moon.
In the wilderness, where the devil tempted christ,
Lee got on the radio and ordered up a strike.
In the wilderness.
So we set the woods on fire, stopped them in their tracks.
We laughed as we saw them runnin, shot them in the backs.
They never saw it comin from the guns up in the trees.
So we let them have it one more time as they fell down to their knees.
In the wilderness.
I was way out in the wilderness with the stonewall brigade.
The captain saw my wounds and said son prayin aint my trade.
Jets were roarin over, we beheld the pride of mars,
With hearts the size of houses and eyes ablaze like stars.
In the wilderness the serpent wears a crown,
but their were angels in the treetops as I lay my body down.
In the wilderness I was just seventeen,
by far the bloody angle was the worst i'd ever see.
In the wilderness.
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Readable chord sheet for Wilderness by Peter Case
[G]We were marchin' down the orange plank road when the federals first we [Em]spied. [G] By the [Am]old wilderness [G]tavern the [Am]armies[Am] di[B]d [C]collide. Lead began to fi[G]ll and w[Am]histle t[Am/B]hrough the a[C]ir and the de[G]ad and dying p[Am]iled up, their b[D]lood was every[G]where. In the[C] wildern[G]ess, I [Am]was just [Am/B]seven[C]teen. By f[G]ar the bloody a[Am]ngle was the w[D]orst I'd ever seen In the [C]wilder[G]ness [G]We broke in disorder and fled into the [Em]pines.[G] [Am]Tangled in the [G]underbrush, w[Am]e couldn't [Am]fin[B]d our [C]lines. We faced them there for [G]hours, till it [Am]grew too [Am/B]dark to [C]fight. And the [G]groans and cries for [Am]water went una[D]nswered in the [G]night. In the[C] wilder[G]ness, the [Am]early [Am/B]days of [C]june. [G]Lyin with the [Am]dyin, 'neath the [D]green virginia moon. In the[C] wilder[G]ness, where the [Am]devil [Am/B]tempted [C]christ, [G]Lee got on the [Am]radio and [D]ordered up a strike. In the[C] wilder[G]ness. So we [C]set the woods on [G]fire, [Am]stopped them [Am/B]in their [C]tracks. We lau[C]ghed as we saw them [G]runnin, [Am]shot them [Am/B]in the [C]backs. They n[C]ever saw it [G]comin from the [Am]guns u[Am/B]p in the [C]trees. So we [G]let them have it [Am]one more time as they [D]fell down to their knees. In the[C] wilder[G]ness. [G] [Em] [D/F#] [G] [C] [Am/B] [Am] [D] [Em] [D/F#] [G] [F] [D/F#] [G] [G]I was way out in the wilderness with the [Em]stonewall br[G]igade. The [Am]captain saw my [G]wounds and said son [Am]prayin [Am]ain[B]t my [C]trade. Jets were roarin [G]over, we [Am]beheld the [Am/B]pride of [C]mars, With [G]hearts the size of [Am]houses and [D]eyes ablaze like [G]stars. In the[C] wilder[G]ness the [Am]serpent [Am/B]wears a [C]crown, but their were [G]angels in the [Am]treetops as I [D]lay my body down. In the[C] wilde[G]rness I [Am]was just [Am/B]seven[C]teen, by [G]far the bloody [Am]angle was the [D]worst i'd ever see. In the[C] wilder[G]ness.