Manassas in the Rain Words Jim Clare, music Jim Clare & Mark Teachey
(Dm) (E7) (Am7) (Am) (Fj7) (Am)
(C)I still see my boyhood days so (Fadd9)clearly,
When I (C)wasn’t looking fifty years slipped (G)by, (G7)
And a (Dm)way of life we paid for oh so (Am)dearly
Has (Dm)vanished now for(Dm7)ever with a (G7)sigh.
The (C)winds of war blew strongly back in (Fadd9)’61,
(C)Patriotic fervor filled us (G)all. (G7)
We (Dm)traded scythes and sickles (Am) for bayonets and guns
In (Dm)answer to a (Dm7)distant bugle (G7)call. (hold)
I close my (C)eyes, hear those (Em)distant flags a-(Am)poppin’,
I (Fadd9)feel my horse be(G)neath me once a(C)gain. (G)
Despite my(C)self, this old (Em)heart starts beating (Am)faster,
And I’m (Dm)back at First Ma(Em)nassas in the (Am)rain.
(C) I was just a boy at First Ma(Fadd9)nassas
(C)Full of guff and spoiling for a (G)war, (G7)
I was (Dm)old with empty eyes by Appo(Am)mattox,
(Dm)Grieving for the (Dm7)South that was no (G7)more. (G)
(C)Each year we commemorate the (Fadd9)battles
(C)Honor those brave boys long laid to (G)rest. (G7)
It gets (Dm)harder to remember (Am) how they made it right,
And (Dm)sent us out to (Dm7)slaughter all our (G7)best. (hold)
I close my (C)eyes, hear those (Em)distant flags a-(Am)poppin’,
I (Fadd9)feel my horse be(G)neath me once a(C)gain. (G)
Despite my(C)self, this old (Em)heart starts beating (Am)faster,
And I’m (Dm)back at First Ma(Em)nassas in the (Am)rain.
The (F)victors claim their (C)glory,
And the (Em)vanquished through their (Am)pain
Must (F)find their own Ma(C)nassas in the (G7)rain. (hold)
I close my (C)eyes, hear those (Em)distant flags a-(Am)poppin’,
I (Fadd9)feel my horse be(G)neath me once a(C)gain. (G)
Despite my(C)self, this old (Em)heart starts beating (Am)faster,
And I’m (Dm)back at First Ma(Em)nassas in the (Am)rain,
And I’m (Dm)back at First Ma(Em)nassas in the (Am)rain. (Fj7) (Am) (Fj7) (Am)
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