Steve Earle — Ben Mccullock

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BEN McCULLOCH
As recorded by Steve Earle
(From the 1995 Album TRAIN A COMIN')



[Intro]
C   G    Am

[Verse 1]
Am                             G                  C
We signed up in San Antone, my brother Paul and me
   G                                              Am
To fight with Ben McCulloch and the Texas infantry
                                            G                 C
Well the poster said we'd get a uniform and seven bucks a week
         G                                           Am
The best rations in the Army and a rifle we could keep

[Verse 2]
Am                                       G                      C
When I first laid eyes on the General, I knew he was a fighting man
   G                                                  Am
He was every inch a soldier, every word was his command
                                                G               C
His eyes were cold as the lead and steel forged into tools of war
   G                                                Am
He took the lives of many and the souls of many more

[Verse 3]
Am                                      G                     C
Well they marched us to Missouri and we hardly stopped for rest
G                                                          Am   
Then he made this speech and said, "We're coming to the test"
                                                 G             C 
Well we've got to take Saint Louis, boys, before the Yankees do
         G                                                 Am7  
If we control the Mississippi, then the Federals are through

[Verse 4]
Am                                     G                 C       
Well they told us that our enemy would all be dressed in blue
        G                                                Am    
They forgot about the winter's cold and the cursed fever too
                                       G                C     
My brother died at Wilson's Creek and, Lord, I seen him fall
        G                                                   Am G Am G
We fell back to the Boston Mountains in the North of Arkansas

[Chorus]
G                          
Goddamn you, Ben McCulloch
                               D         
I hate you more than any other man alive
    Am       Em     
And when you die
            Am                     Em        D            G       
You'll be a foot soldier just like me in the Devil's infantry

[Verse 5]
    Am                             G                      C                             
And on the way to Fayetteville, we cursed McCulloch's name
    G                                                                 Am  
And mourned the dead that we'd left behind and we was carrying the lame
                                     G          C       
I killed a boy the other night who'd never even shaved
        G                                                      Am      
I don't even know what I'm fighting for, I ain't never owned a slave
Am                      
So I snuck out of camp
           G                   C           
And then I heard the news next night
            G              
The Yankees won the battle
                       Am   G Am G           
And McCulloch lost his life,     yeah

[Chorus]
G                          
Goddamn you, Ben McCulloch
                               D         
I hate you more than any other man alive
    Am       Em     
And when you die
            Am                     Em        D            G       
You'll be a foot soldier just like me in the Devil's infantry 

[Outro]
G   Am		
    

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