Shovels & Rope – The Fall Of Charleston chords

[Verse 1]
    C                                 F                      COh have you heard the glorious news, is the cry from every mouth,
                              GCharleston is taken, and the rebels put to rout;
    C                           FAnd Beauregard the chivalrous, he ran to save his bacon—
    C                                     G             CWhen he saw Gen. Sherman’s “Yanks,” and “Charleston is taken!”

[Chorus]
 CWith a whack row de dow!
   FA hunkey boy is Gen. Sherman:
  CWhack row de dow!
G             CInvincible is he.

[Verse 2]
    C                               F               CThis South Carolina chivalry, they once did loudly boast;
                                            GThat the footsteps of a Union man, should ne’er polute their coast.
   C                                      FThey’d fight the Yankees two to one, who only fought for booty;—
    C                                      G             CBut when the “udsills” came along it was “Legs do your duty.”

[Chorus]
 CWith a whack row de dow!
   FBabalon is falling
  CWhack row de dow!
G                   Cthe end is drawing neer

[Verse 3]
    C                              F                CAnd from the “Sacred City,” this valiant warlike throng;
                                   GSkedaddled in confusion, although thirty thousand strong—
   C                                 FWithout a shot, without a blow, or least sign of resistance,
   C                                               G             CAnd leaving their poor friends behind, with the “Yankees” for assistance,

[Chorus]
 CWith a whack row de dow!
   FHow are you southern chivalry?
  CWhack row de dow!
G                   Cyour race is nearly run

[Verse 4]
   C                                           F                  CAnd again o’er Sumter’s battered walls, the Stars and Stripes do fly,
                                         GWhile the chivalry of Sixty-one in the “Last ditch” does lie;—
        C                               FWith Sherman, Grant and Porter too, to lead our men to glory;
       C                                        G          CWe’ll squash poor Jeff’s confederacy, and then get “Hunkydory.”

[Chorus]
 CWith a whack row de dow!
   FHow are you neutral Johnny?
  CWhack row de dow!
G                       Cwe'll settle next with you