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Some had on the Rebel grey, Some the Union blue,
Asus G Em Am
They were fathers sons and brothers, men like me and you.
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Engaged in heavy battle, till there came that cloudy draw,
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When silence took the battlefield men just stood in awe.
F G C Am
Some say it was the cannon smoke some say the Northern lights,
Dm G Em Am
That cast a ghostly image over Fredericksburg that night,
F G C Am
Some say it was God's spirit lookin' o'er the bloody sod,
Dm G Am(hold)
but that rainbow mist that filled the sky, was the tears of God.
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Am Dm Am
Both sides read his Holy Word and believed it in their hearts,
Asus G Em Am
But the common ground He'd blessed them with had now been torn apart.
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Covered by the blood they shed so many lost their lives,
Asus G Em Am
The fight on that Virginia hill was enough to make Him cry.
F G C Am
Some say it was the cannon smoke some say the Northern lights,
Dm G Em Am
That cast a ghostly image over Fredericksburg that night,
F G C Am
Some say it was God's spirit lookin' o'er the bloody sod,
Dm G Am(hold)
but that rainbow mist that filled the sky, was the tears of God.
F G C Am
Some say it was the cannon smoke some say the Northern lights,
Dm G Em Am
That cast a ghostly image over Fredericksburg that night,
F G C Am
Some say it was God's spirit lookin' o'er the bloody sod,
Dm G Am
but that rainbow mist that filled the sky,
G Em Am
was the tears of God.
