The Ballad of James Bates- Rebel Son
Capo 2nd Fret
(G)
A (stop)16 year old (G)southern boy named Bates mar(C)ches along in (G)line
To the capital in (C)Colum(G)bia where his (C)outfit is a(D)ssigned
And once (G)there he falls ill many (C)miles from his (Em)home
But he stayed and (C)worked his post any(D)way
Until the (C)Typhoid fever (D)took his life a(G)way
He fell in the (C)defense of the Carolina (G)land where he was from
And on (C)July the 4th of 62 another (G)hero he’d be(D)come
And up on the (G)hill in Graniteville a tall proud (C)tombstone still (Em)stands
Over a (G)16 (C)year old (G)boy who died a (D)*16 year old (G)*man