CAPO: 5th Fret INTRO: C G C G C F C G C G C Mama, if you could see me now G C I'm not the boy you knew in Macon town F They found a uniform about my size It's a little big I guess, but that's alright C G C Mama, if you could see me now G C Mama, they're treating me right well G C The men all say I brought this good luck spell F I am the mascot of the Ninth Brigade They will not march unless I lead the way C G C Mama, they're treating me right well G C Mama, I do not have a gun G C I'm only lucky when I'm banging on my drum F And I skinned a rabbit for the cook last night He said that I could keep his Bowie knife C G C Mama, I do not have a gun G C Mama, I lost my arrowhead G C It was big enough to strike a bobcat dead F Must've fallen when I climbed that tree Yankee fires as far as I could see C G C Mama, I lost my arrowhead G C Mama, the troops are falling in G C And we must move while we've still got the wind F The scouts are fanning out like whippoorwills Today we're marching over Bloody Hill C G C Mama, the troops are falling in INSTRUMENTAL: C G C G C F C G C G C Mama, I never thought I'd run G But something happened when I saw those Yankees come C F Now I've been running now a week or two Too ashamed to run back home to you C G C F Mama, I never thought I'd run__ C G C F Oh Mama, I never thought I'd run__ C G F C Oh Mama, I never thought I'd run___