John Brown

Verse 1
AmJohn Brown Went Off To War To Fight On A Foreign Shore.
His Mother G5/DSure Is D7Proud Of AmHim!
AmHe Stood Straight And Tall In His Uniform And All.
His Mother's Face BG5/Droke Out D7All In A AmGrin.

Verse 2
Am"Oh Son, You Look So Fine, I'm Glad You're A Son Of Mine,
You Make Me Proud To G5/DKnow You D7Hold A AmGun.
AmDo What The Captain Says, Lots Of Medals You Will Get,
And We'll Put Them On The G5/DWall When D7You Come AmHome."

Verse 3
AmWhen That Old Train Pulled Out, John's Ma Began To Shout,
Tellin' EveryG5/Done In The NeD7ighborAmhood:
Am"That's My Son That's About To Go, He's A Soldier Now, You Know."
She Made Well Sure Her G5/DNeighbors UD7nderstAmood.

Verse 4
AmShe Got A Letter Once In A While And Her Face Broke Into A Smile
As She Showed Them To The G5/DPeople D7From Next AmDoor.
AmAnd She Bragged About Her Son With His Uniform And Gun,
And These Things She Called A G5/DGood Old-D7Fashioned AmWar.

Chorus
CLord! G5/DLord! Good Old-Fashioned AmWar!

Verse 5
AmThen The Letters Ceased To Come, For A Long Time They Did Not Come.
They Ceased To Come For AbG5/Dout Nine D7Months Or AmMore.
AmThen A Letter Finally Came Saying, "Go Down And Meet The Train.
Your Son's A-Coming G5/DHome D7From The AmWar."

Verse 6
AmShe Smiled And Went Right Down, She Looked Up And All Around
But She Did Not See Her G5/DSoldier D7Son In AmSight.
AmBut As All The People Passed, She Saw Her Son At Last,
When She Did She Could G5/DHardly BeD7lieve Her AmEyes.

Verse 7
AmHis Face Was All Shot Up And His Hands Were Both Blown Off
And He Wore A Metal G5/DBrace ArD7ound His AmWaist.
AmHe Whispered Kind Of Slow, In A Voice She Did Not Know,
While She Couldn't Even G5/DRecogD7nize His AmFace!

Verse 8
Am"Oh Tell Me My Darling Son, Tell Me What They Done.
How Is It That You've G5/DCome To D7Be This AmWay?"
AmHe Tried His Best To Talk As His Mouth Could Hardly Move.
And His Mother Had To G5/DTurn Her D7Head AmAway.

Verse 9
Am"D5/Aon't You Remember, Ma, When I Went Off To War
You Thought It Was The G5/DBest Thing D7I Could AmDo?
AmI Was On The Battleground, You Were Home, Actin' Proud.
Thank God You Wasn't G5/DStanding D7In My AmShoes."

Verse 10
Am"Lord,  I Thought When I Was There, God, What Am I Doing Here?
I'm Tryin' To Kill G5/DSomebody D7Or Die AmTryin'.
AmBut The Thing That Scared Me Most Was When My Enemy Came Close,
And I Saw That His Face G5/DLooked D7Just Like AmMine."

Chorus
CLord! G5/DLord! Just Like AmMine.

Verse 11
Am"And I Couldn Not Help But Think, Through The Thunder Rolling And Stink,
That I Was Just A G5/DPuppet D7In A AmPlay.
AmAnd Through The Roar And Smoke, The String It Finally Broke,
And A Cannon Ball It G5/DBlew My D7Eyes AmAway."

Verse 12
AmAs He Turned Away To Walk, His Ma Was Still In Shock
At Seein' The Metal G5/DBrace That D7Helped Him AmStand.
AmBut As He Turned To Go, He Called His Mother Close
And He Dropped His Medals G5/DDown InD7to Her AmHand.

Chorus
CLord! G5/DLord! Down To Her AmHand.