John Brown

Verse 1
GmJohn Brown Went Off To War To Fight On A Foreign Shore.
His Mother F5/CSure Is C7Proud Of GmHim!
GmHe Stood Straight And Tall In His Uniform And All.
His Mother's Face BF5/Croke Out C7All In A GmGrin.

Verse 2
Gm"Oh Son, You Look So Fine, I'm Glad You're A Son Of Mine,
You Make Me Proud To F5/CKnow You C7Hold A GmGun.
GmDo What The Captain Says, Lots Of Medals You Will Get,
And We'll Put Them On The F5/CWall When C7You Come GmHome."

Verse 3
GmWhen That Old Train Pulled Out, John's Ma Began To Shout,
Tellin' EveryF5/Cone In The NeC7ighborGmhood:
Gm"That's My Son That's About To Go, He's A Soldier Now, You Know."
She Made Well Sure Her F5/CNeighbors UC7nderstGmood.

Verse 4
GmShe Got A Letter Once In A While And Her Face Broke Into A Smile
As She Showed Them To The F5/CPeople C7From Next GmDoor.
GmAnd She Bragged About Her Son With His Uniform And Gun,
And These Things She Called A F5/CGood Old-C7Fashioned GmWar.

Chorus
A#Lord! LF5/Cord! Good Old-Fashioned WGmar!

Verse 5
GmThen The Letters Ceased To Come, For A Long Time They Did Not Come.
They Ceased To Come For AbF5/Cout Nine C7Months Or GmMore.
GmThen A Letter Finally Came Saying, "Go Down And Meet The Train.
Your Son's A-Coming F5/CHome C7From The GmWar."

Verse 6
GmShe Smiled And Went Right Down, She Looked Up And All Around
But She Did Not See Her F5/CSoldier C7Son In GmSight.
GmBut As All The People Passed, She Saw Her Son At Last,
When She Did She Could F5/CHardly BeC7lieve Her GmEyes.

Verse 7
GmHis Face Was All Shot Up And His Hands Were Both Blown Off
And He Wore A Metal F5/CBrace ArC7ound His GmWaist.
GmHe Whispered Kind Of Slow, In A Voice She Did Not Know,
While She Couldn't Even F5/CRecogC7nize His GmFace!

Verse 8
Gm"Oh Tell Me My Darling Son, Tell Me What They Done.
How Is It That You've F5/CCome To C7Be This GmWay?"
GmHe Tried His Best To Talk As His Mouth Could Hardly Move.
And His Mother Had To F5/CTurn Her C7Head GmAway.

Verse 9
Gm"D5/Aon't You Remember, Ma, When I Went Off To War
You Thought It Was The F5/CBest Thing C7I Could GmDo?
GmI Was On The Battleground, You Were Home, Actin' Proud.
Thank God You Wasn't F5/CStanding C7In My GmShoes."

Verse 10
Gm"Lord,  I Thought When I Was There, God, What Am I Doing Here?
I'm Tryin' To Kill F5/CSomebody C7Or Die GmTryin'.
GmBut The Thing That Scared Me Most Was When My Enemy Came Close,
And I Saw That His Face F5/CLooked C7Just Like GmMine."

Chorus
A#Lord! LF5/Cord! Just Like MGmine.

Verse 11
Gm"And I Couldn Not Help But Think, Through The Thunder Rolling And Stink,
That I Was Just A F5/CPuppet C7In A GmPlay.
GmAnd Through The Roar And Smoke, The String It Finally Broke,
And A Cannon Ball It F5/CBlew My C7Eyes GmAway."

Verse 12
GmAs He Turned Away To Walk, His Ma Was Still In Shock
At Seein' The Metal F5/CBrace That C7Helped Him GmStand.
GmBut As He Turned To Go, He Called His Mother Close
And He Dropped His Medals F5/CDown InC7to Her GmHand.

Chorus
A#Lord! LF5/Cord! Down To Her HGmand.