John Brown

Verse 1
DmJohn Brown Went Off To War To Fight On A Foreign Shore.
His Mother C5/GSure Is G7Proud Of DmHim!
DmHe Stood Straight And Tall In His Uniform And All.
His Mother's Face BC5/Groke Out G7All In A DmGrin.

Verse 2
Dm"Oh Son, You Look So Fine, I'm Glad You're A Son Of Mine,
You Make Me Proud To C5/GKnow You G7Hold A DmGun.
DmDo What The Captain Says, Lots Of Medals You Will Get,
And We'll Put Them On The C5/GWall When G7You Come DmHome."

Verse 3
DmWhen That Old Train Pulled Out, John's Ma Began To Shout,
Tellin' EveryC5/Gone In The NeG7ighborDmhood:
Dm"That's My Son That's About To Go, He's A Soldier Now, You Know."
She Made Well Sure Her C5/GNeighbors UG7nderstDmood.

Verse 4
DmShe Got A Letter Once In A While And Her Face Broke Into A Smile
As She Showed Them To The C5/GPeople G7From Next DmDoor.
DmAnd She Bragged About Her Son With His Uniform And Gun,
And These Things She Called A C5/GGood Old-G7Fashioned DmWar.

Chorus
FLord! C5/GLord! Good Old-Fashioned DmWar!

Verse 5
DmThen The Letters Ceased To Come, For A Long Time They Did Not Come.
They Ceased To Come For AbC5/Gout Nine G7Months Or DmMore.
DmThen A Letter Finally Came Saying, "Go Down And Meet The Train.
Your Son's A-Coming C5/GHome G7From The DmWar."

Verse 6
DmShe Smiled And Went Right Down, She Looked Up And All Around
But She Did Not See Her C5/GSoldier G7Son In DmSight.
DmBut As All The People Passed, She Saw Her Son At Last,
When She Did She Could C5/GHardly BeG7lieve Her DmEyes.

Verse 7
DmHis Face Was All Shot Up And His Hands Were Both Blown Off
And He Wore A Metal C5/GBrace ArG7ound His DmWaist.
DmHe Whispered Kind Of Slow, In A Voice She Did Not Know,
While She Couldn't Even C5/GRecogG7nize His DmFace!

Verse 8
Dm"Oh Tell Me My Darling Son, Tell Me What They Done.
How Is It That You've C5/GCome To G7Be This DmWay?"
DmHe Tried His Best To Talk As His Mouth Could Hardly Move.
And His Mother Had To C5/GTurn Her G7Head DmAway.

Verse 9
Dm"D5/Aon't You Remember, Ma, When I Went Off To War
You Thought It Was The C5/GBest Thing G7I Could DmDo?
DmI Was On The Battleground, You Were Home, Actin' Proud.
Thank God You Wasn't C5/GStanding G7In My DmShoes."

Verse 10
Dm"Lord,  I Thought When I Was There, God, What Am I Doing Here?
I'm Tryin' To Kill C5/GSomebody G7Or Die DmTryin'.
DmBut The Thing That Scared Me Most Was When My Enemy Came Close,
And I Saw That His Face C5/GLooked G7Just Like DmMine."

Chorus
FLord! C5/GLord! Just Like DmMine.

Verse 11
Dm"And I Couldn Not Help But Think, Through The Thunder Rolling And Stink,
That I Was Just A C5/GPuppet G7In A DmPlay.
DmAnd Through The Roar And Smoke, The String It Finally Broke,
And A Cannon Ball It C5/GBlew My G7Eyes DmAway."

Verse 12
DmAs He Turned Away To Walk, His Ma Was Still In Shock
At Seein' The Metal C5/GBrace That G7Helped Him DmStand.
DmBut As He Turned To Go, He Called His Mother Close
And He Dropped His Medals C5/GDown InG7to Her DmHand.

Chorus
FLord! C5/GLord! Down To Her DmHand.