D                                G
I have heard the cannons thundering all night,
       D
And I cannot help but wonder,
                          A
Why's the Rebel Cause so right?
        D                               G
And the morphine seems to do no good at all.
         A                        D
I would run away, if I would not fall.

[Verse 2]
                                       G
Well I joined the Southern cavalry for fun.
           D
Must have rode a thousand horses;
                         A
Always had a way with a gun.
          D                               G
Now I'm among the horseless riders lying still.
          A                              D
Swallowed up by the Cause on the Widow's Hill.

[Chorus]
       B                              F#
And I dreamed of a rose in a Spanish garden,
       B                               F#    A
And I kissed you and placed it in your hair.
            D                         G
And, if I'm ever on my feet again, I will,
        A                                D
I will run all the way just to meet you there.

[Solo]

[Verse 3]
                                                 G
Through the day I watched those Southern boys go down.
          D
And they lay like Georgia peaches
                            A
Bruised and broken on the ground.
             D                                 G
Through the night I wondered was it worth the pain,
       A                                D
And I cried not revenge, I called your name.

[Chorus]
       B                              F#
And I dreamed of a rose in a Spanish garden,
       B                               F#    A
And I kissed you and placed it in your hair.
            D                         G
And, if I'm ever on my feet again, I will,
        A                                D
I will run all the way just to meet you there.

[Outro]
        A                                D
I will run all the way just to meet you there.

[Fade out]
A     D