F C Dm C Bb Gm C
[Verse 1]
F C
In the grim and final hour, of the War between the States
Dm C Bb
He had enough dying, all the grief that he could take
F C Dm C
From the Appamattox Courthouse, where the deed was sadly done
Bb C *
There was no place left for him, to go but home
[Chorus]
F Bb F
He walked all the way home to Southampton County
Dm C Bb C
To carry all he owned and try to forget
F Am Dm Bb
Wearing sadness like a mantle for the friends he lost in vain
F C F
He walked all the way home to start his life again
[Verse 2]
C
In the end he knew the reasons, but so many had been lost
Dm C Bb
For years to come the fallen, would sleep beneath the cross
F C Dm C
What he held in angry silence, time could never burn away
Bb C *
It was just the saddest price, he'd ever pay
[Chorus]
F Bb F
He walked all the way home to Southampton County
Dm C Bb C
To carry all he owned and try to forget
F Am Dm Bb
Wearing sadness like a mantle for the friends he lost in vain
F C F
He walked all the way home to start his life again
[Solo]
C Dm C Bb F C Dm C Bb Gm C
[Verse 3]
C
When he stopped to take some water, at a little roadside place
Dm C Bb
A pretty southern widow, sadly looked into his face
F C Dm C
As they talked a while his blue eyes, seemed to ease her broken heart
Bb Gm C *
One day he came back and took her home
[Chorus]
F Bb F
He walked all the way home to Southampton County
Dm C Bb C
To carry all he owned and try to forget
F Am Dm Bb
Wearing sadness like a mantle for the friends he lost in vain
F C F
He walked all the way home to start his life again
[Outro]
F C F
He walked all the way home to start his life again
