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standard tuning , capo on 1st fret

[ intro ]
G C G D
G

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not another foot was stirring on the floor of the house
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except for my ’pa who’d been up for a while
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seems he’s headin’ on after the bad word that came ,
D C G
of his brothers who marched but were left down all slain

D
please call out the cavalry
C G
send them along
D
for we need out Daddy ,
C G
and so does this farm

C
mama stays awake to pray ,
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in a lonely straw bed
D
and we rise before the sun
C G
with the work that he left

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he took what mama made him to feed him on his way
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he kissed all my brothers , my sisters , and me
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he held my poor mama , looked down and said , “son ,
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i’ll be home soon , now hand me my coat and my gun . ”

D
please call out the cavalry
C G
send them along
D
for we need out Daddy
C G
and so does this farm

C
mama stays awake to pray
G
in a lonely straw bed
D
and we rise before the sun
C G
with the work that he left

G C G
G D G C G

G C G
it’s been some days without him , but we’ve toiled away
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hang onto the cattle and the crops that we’ve laid
G C G
mama sits by the window and stares until dark
D C G
and rocks by the fire and cries out her heart

D
please call out the cavalry
C G
send my man home
D
for we need out Daddy
C G
and so does this farm

G C G
mama stays awake to pray , in a lonely straw bed
D C G
and we rise before the sun , for the work that you left

G G C G
G G D G

G C G
been about a year since my Daddy had gone
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when i saw an old carriage , and a coat i’d once known
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it was draped o’er a man who once stood proud and tall
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now broken and battered and missing an arm

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he cried when he saw us , and the words they came slow
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of the sunrise he found and the hell that he’d known
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he asked for forgiveness for failing us all
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his duty cut short , in the battle he lost

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we said , “don’t mind that Daddy , for now you are home ,
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now mama cries for joy , and she won’t sleep alone .
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you’ve sons and you’ve daughters , now please use our arms . ”
D C G
now rise before the sun , for the work to be done .