Capo: 2 

INTRO: Am C Em 

VERSE 
Em                                    G 
The Yankee letter said that they'd be comin' any day 
          Am                              C 
And if we planned on gettin' out alive we best be on our way 
    Em                                G 
Our tattered grey was torn between if we should run or fight 
        Am                                     C              B7 
But our Southern pride swelled up inside as we dug in for the night 

        G                               D 
Then we heard a rider callin', "They're comin' down the road!" 
        Em                             C 
And the firey flash of twenty-pounders started to explode 
G                                   G       G/F#    Em 
Tried our best to stop them but our efforts were in vain 
       C                                                   G 
In the distance you could hear the sound of Dixie's last refrain 


[Refrão]
 
        G       G/F#    Em 
They're burnin' Georgia down 
C                       G 
 Those devils dressed in blue 
     G        G/F#   Em 
They took the higher ground 
C                  G 
 Dying's all we can do 
                     C 
And let us, bound to fall 
                        Em 
Smell the smoke and the cinder 
                        Am 
They're burnin' Georgia down 
C                     G 
 But we never will surrender 

Instrumental: G G/F# Em C G G/F# Em C G C Em Am C Em 

VERSE 
Em                                 G 
Sherman left Atlanta leading sixty thousand of his best 
Am                             C 
Spreading the destruction over 50 miles abreast 
Em                           G 
Marching to the sea, leavin' nothing in their path 
Am                              C                    B7 
Factories, farms, and churches; nothing spared their wrath 

   G                          D 
Oh Christmas Day in '64, they cut off our supplies 
              Em                       C 
And then they offered Mr. Lincoln up Savannah as a prize 
    G                               G         G/F#     Em 
And though our lines are broken; we fought on till the end 
    C                                            G 
And pray someday we'll find a way to Dixie once again 


[Refrão]
 
        G       G/F#    Em 
They're burnin' Georgia down 
C                       G 
 Those devils dressed in blue 
     G        G/F#   Em 
They took the higher ground 
C                  G 
 Dying's all we can do 
                     C 
And let us, bound to fall 
                        Em 
Smell the smoke and the cinder 
                        Am 
They're burnin' Georgia down 
C                     G 
 But we never will surrender 
                        Am 
They're burnin' Georgia down 
C                     Em 
 But we never will surrender 

OUTRO: Em A Em