F
Farewell, my Lila

F
I'll write every evening

     Bb/F       F
I've carved our names

       Bb/F          C7/F
In the trunk of this tree

F
Farewell, my Lila

F
I miss you already

    Bb/F         F
And dream of the day

          Bb/F     F
When I'll hold you again

     Bb/F           F
In a home safe from fear

Bb/F     C7/F         F
When the Southland is free

Dm7     C/E             Fsus4     F
I go to fight for these old hills behind me

      Dm7     C/E      Fus4  F
These Old Red Hills of Home

Dm7     C/E              Fsus4            F
I go to fight, for these old hills remind me

     G                  Gm7
Of a way of life that's pure

       G               Bb/G
Of the truth that must endure

     Gm7         Fsus4/A
In a town called Marietta

       Bb               F
In the Old Red Hills of Home

Dm7          C/E      Bb/F           F
Pray on this day as I journey beyond them

      Dm7     C/E      Bb/F  F
These Old Red Hills of Home

Dm7         C/E          Bb/F        F
Let all the blood of the North spill upon them

              G                     Gm7
'Till they've paid for what they've wrought

      G                     Bb/G
Taken back the lies they've taught

            Gm7      Fsus4/A
And there's peace in Marietta

          Gm7           Fsus4/A
And we're safe again in Georgia

       Bb               G/B
In the land where Honor lives and breathes

    F/C     Bb/C     F
The Old Red Hills of Home

F
Farewell, my Lila

F
Farewell


[OLD GD  IER]

Eb
Look there, my Lila

Eb
They call me to tell it

Ab/Eb             Eb
The lives that we led

Ab/Eb    Bb7/Eb        Eb
When the Southland was free

Cm7         Bb/D          Ebsus4       Eb
We gave our lives for the old hills of Georgia

    Ab/C    Bb/D     Ebsus4   Eb
The old red hills of home

Cm7      Bb/D            Ab/Eb        Eb
Not much survives of the old hills of Georgia

F              Ab/F
But I close my eyes and hear

        F                 Fm7
All the treasures we held dear


[OLD GD  IER]

Eb    Bb7

    Eb             Eb7
The rushing of the Chattahoochie


[TOWNSPEOPLE]

Ab6      F7/A          Bb7
The tall pines and the red clay


[OLD GD  IER]

                    Eb
The rustling in the wind


[TOWNSPEOPLE]

Eb       Bb7           Eb
The blue skies and the dogwood trees


[OLD GD  IER]

                Eb7
And Mama in the kitchen singin'


[TOWNSPEOPLE]

Ab6       F7/A
A man can grow his cotton


[OLD GD  IER]

    Bb7
And me and Lila swinging in a tree


[TOWNSPEOPLE]

Ab
And his crops


[OLD GD  IER & TOWNSPEOPLE]

Eb/G         Ab F7/A  G7/B
Oh I hear it calling, calling still!


[OLD G  IDER]

    Cm       F7/A  Eb/Bb
And I would gladly give

   F7       Bb7sus4 Eb
My good right leg Again

F
Again!


[ALL]

Dm7           C/E
God bless the sight

       Bb/F         F
Of the old hills of Georgia

     Bb/D   C/E      Fsus4
The old red hills of home

 F              Dm7              C/E
(Kneel down to) Praise those who fight

        Bb/F         F
For the old hills of Georgia

          G                 Gm7
For those proud and valiant men

            G           Bb/G
We'll sing "Dixie" once again

        Gm7
For the men of Marrietta

             Fsus4/A
(For the the brothers of Cobb County)

        Gm7
For the fathers of Atlanta

         Fsus4/A
(For the patriarchs)

         Bb             G/B
Who gave everything for Georgia

        F/C     Bb/C     F
And the old red hills of home