John Brown

Verse 1
CmJohn Brown Went Off To War To Fight On A Foreign Shore.
His Mother A#5/FSure Is PF7roud Of HCmim!
CmHe Stood Straight And Tall In His Uniform And All.
His Mother's Face BA#5/Froke Out AF7ll In A GCmrin.

Verse 2
Cm"Oh Son, You Look So Fine, I'm Glad You're A Son Of Mine,
You Make Me Proud To A#5/FKnow You HF7old A GCmun.
CmDo What The Captain Says, Lots Of Medals You Will Get,
And We'll Put Them On The A#5/FWall When YF7ou Come HCmome."

Verse 3
CmWhen That Old Train Pulled Out, John's Ma Began To Shout,
Tellin' EveryA#5/Fone In The NeiF7ghborhCmood:
Cm"That's My Son That's About To Go, He's A Soldier Now, You Know."
She Made Well Sure Her A#5/FNeighbors UnF7derstoCmod.

Verse 4
CmShe Got A Letter Once In A While And Her Face Broke Into A Smile
As She Showed Them To The A#5/FPeople FF7rom Next DCmoor.
CmAnd She Bragged About Her Son With His Uniform And Gun,
And These Things She Called A A#5/FGood Old-FF7ashioned WCmar.

Chorus
D#Lord! LA#5/Ford! Good Old-Fashioned WaCmr!

Verse 5
CmThen The Letters Ceased To Come, For A Long Time They Did Not Come.
They Ceased To Come For AbA#5/Fout Nine MF7onths Or MCmore.
CmThen A Letter Finally Came Saying, "Go Down And Meet The Train.
Your Son's A-Coming A#5/FHome FF7rom The WCmar."

Verse 6
CmShe Smiled And Went Right Down, She Looked Up And All Around
But She Did Not See Her A#5/FSoldier SF7on In SCmight.
CmBut As All The People Passed, She Saw Her Son At Last,
When She Did She Could A#5/FHardly BelF7ieve Her ECmyes.

Verse 7
CmHis Face Was All Shot Up And His Hands Were Both Blown Off
And He Wore A Metal A#5/FBrace AroF7und His WCmaist.
CmHe Whispered Kind Of Slow, In A Voice She Did Not Know,
While She Couldn't Even A#5/FRecognF7ize His FCmace!

Verse 8
Cm"Oh Tell Me My Darling Son, Tell Me What They Done.
How Is It That You've A#5/FCome To BF7e This WCmay?"
CmHe Tried His Best To Talk As His Mouth Could Hardly Move.
And His Mother Had To A#5/FTurn Her HF7ead ACmway.

Verse 9
Cm"D5/Aon't You Remember, Ma, When I Went Off To War
You Thought It Was The A#5/FBest Thing IF7 Could DCmo?
CmI Was On The Battleground, You Were Home, Actin' Proud.
Thank God You Wasn't A#5/FStanding IF7n My SCmhoes."

Verse 10
Cm"Lord,  I Thought When I Was There, God, What Am I Doing Here?
I'm Tryin' To Kill A#5/FSomebody OF7r Die TCmryin'.
CmBut The Thing That Scared Me Most Was When My Enemy Came Close,
And I Saw That His Face A#5/FLooked JF7ust Like MCmine."

Chorus
D#Lord! LA#5/Ford! Just Like MiCmne.

Verse 11
Cm"And I Couldn Not Help But Think, Through The Thunder Rolling And Stink,
That I Was Just A A#5/FPuppet IF7n A PCmlay.
CmAnd Through The Roar And Smoke, The String It Finally Broke,
And A Cannon Ball It A#5/FBlew My EF7yes ACmway."

Verse 12
CmAs He Turned Away To Walk, His Ma Was Still In Shock
At Seein' The Metal A#5/FBrace That HF7elped Him SCmtand.
CmBut As He Turned To Go, He Called His Mother Close
And He Dropped His Medals A#5/FDown IntF7o Her HCmand.

Chorus
D#Lord! LA#5/Ford! Down To Her HaCmnd.