He Walked All The Way Home

F C Dm C Bb Gm C 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 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 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 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 C Dm C Bb F C Dm C Bb Gm C 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 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 F C F He walked all the way home to start his life again