Private Edwin Jennison
By Barry Stagg
6/6/2010
A D
My name is Edwin Jennison and I wore a suit of gray
A F#m E
It was 16 yrs last April When I saw the light of day
A D F#m
I left my home in Georgia and I watched my daddy cry
A E D A
As my momma held and kissed me on the day I said goodbye
Chorus:
D A
Now I bow before the One Who knows each star by name
E D A
I no longer hear the guns, I no longer feel the pain
D A F#m
I bow before the one Who knows each star by name
D E D A
On Judgment Day, the South is gonna rise again
My eyes once told a story of a soldier much too young
To understand the reasons for a war that no one won
I died outside of Richmond in 1862
A boy inside the body of a man he never knew
Chorus
Bridge:
D A
I’m the universal soldier, my face is every son
F#m D A E
Who has gone to war and listened for the beating of some distant drum
D A F#m
My name is Edwin Jennison, I left all my dreams behind
D E D A
How long will it take before my name is lost in time
Chorus
On Judgment Day
The South is gonna rise again
On Judgment Day
The South is gonna rise again
On Judgment Day
The South is gonna rise again
|
