Bm
The gray smoke from the battle
A7               Bm
rollin' over the hill.

The fires, the dead, the dying
    A7                 Bm
are in my memory ever still.

[Chorus]
               A7
Oh, can't you hear,
G               D
hear that angel band
                     A7
singing, "Come home, soldier,
G                B
to the Promised Land."

[Verse 2]
Bm
Longstreet, he stole away and cried
     A7                          Bm
when Lee gave him his orders to attack.

In his mind's eyes he could see
     A7                             Bm
that most of his boys would not be back.

[Chorus]
               A7
Oh, can't you hear,
G               D
hear that angel band
                     A7
singing, "Come home, soldier,
G                Bm
to the Promised Land."

[Verse 3]
Bm
Willy Johnson and me,
A7                          Bm
Rebel soldiers both from Tennessee.

Willy, he's lyin' by my side -
A7                                   Bm
spoke these words to me, and then he died:

[Chorus]
               A7
Oh, can't you hear,
G               D
hear that angel band
                     A7
singing, "Come home, soldier,
G                Bm
to the Promised Land."