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Gone To Shiloh (Alternate)

The Union

Gone To Shiloh
Music & Words: Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Album: The Union (2011)

[] = Individual notes (left hand)

Intro:  Bb [D-E-F-E-D-C-Bb-A], C/Bb  (C 2nd inversion/G)
        
        C/G [Bb] F/A [Bb-C-Bb-A-G-F-Eb]  Bb  (Bb 2nd inversion)       Dm/A

        Gm [A-Bb-A-G-F-E-D]    A/E [D-E-D-C#-A-A-G]     Dm   (Dm 2nd inversion)

        Dm [E-F-E-D-C-Bb-A]    Bb    Bb6     G/B     Bdim    F/C     C


Band
Intro:  Dm-3 [E-F-G-D-A]     C-3 [F]      Bb  x2


Verse1: Dm                       F/C        Bb
        Luther left us, first light, Friday morning.
        Dm                   F/C      Bb
        Little Dan and Becky waved goodbye.
                      G7
        They're gonna have to share the weight together.
        E                     A                Dm      (Dm    Am/C)
        Idle hands will see a good farm slowly die.



Chorus: Bb                     F
        Gone to Shiloh for the Union.
                    C         A/C#    Dm       (Dm     Am/C)
        Shoulder to shoulder, side by side.
        Bb              F    C/E     Dm
        Gone to Shiloh, Hope springs eternal,
             A7                A/C#     Dm
        When flags and bullets start to fly.


(Repeat Band Intro)


Verse2: Dm                              F/C        Bb
        April's come and the air smells fresh with rain.
             Dm                       F/C       Bb
        They watched his shadow fade around the bend.
                    Gm7
        He's headed for a different kind of thunder
                E                       A             Dm     (Dm    Am/C)
        and the stunned surprise in the eyes of dying men.


(Repeat Chorus)

Verse3:     Dm                         F/C       Bb
        The old black rooster sang him down that dirt road.
            Dm                           F/C   Bb
        His step seemed bold, his manner fancy free.
                  Gm7       
        I pray we see him 'live and well in the fall here,
        E                      A             Dm       (Dm     Am/C)
        Than that god forsaken place in Tennessee.


(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge: G/B                Gm/Bb
        After all of this, if we should prevail.
        G/B                        A            A/C#   Dm
        Heaven help the south when Sherman comes their way.



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