John Brown

Verse 1
EmJohn Brown Went Off To War To Fight On A Foreign Shore.
His Mother D5/ASure Is A7Proud Of EmHim!
EmHe Stood Straight And Tall In His Uniform And All.
His Mother's Face BD5/Aroke Out A7All In A EmGrin.

Verse 2
Em"Oh Son, You Look So Fine, I'm Glad You're A Son Of Mine,
You Make Me Proud To D5/AKnow You A7Hold A EmGun.
EmDo What The Captain Says, Lots Of Medals You Will Get,
And We'll Put Them On The D5/AWall When A7You Come EmHome."

Verse 3
EmWhen That Old Train Pulled Out, John's Ma Began To Shout,
Tellin' EveryD5/Aone In The NeA7ighborEmhood:
Em"That's My Son That's About To Go, He's A Soldier Now, You Know."
She Made Well Sure Her D5/ANeighbors UA7nderstEmood.

Verse 4
EmShe Got A Letter Once In A While And Her Face Broke Into A Smile
As She Showed Them To The D5/APeople A7From Next EmDoor.
EmAnd She Bragged About Her Son With His Uniform And Gun,
And These Things She Called A D5/AGood Old-A7Fashioned EmWar.

Chorus
GLord! D5/ALord! Good Old-Fashioned EmWar!

Verse 5
EmThen The Letters Ceased To Come, For A Long Time They Did Not Come.
They Ceased To Come For AbD5/Aout Nine A7Months Or EmMore.
EmThen A Letter Finally Came Saying, "Go Down And Meet The Train.
Your Son's A-Coming D5/AHome A7From The EmWar."

Verse 6
EmShe Smiled And Went Right Down, She Looked Up And All Around
But She Did Not See Her D5/ASoldier A7Son In EmSight.
EmBut As All The People Passed, She Saw Her Son At Last,
When She Did She Could D5/AHardly BeA7lieve Her EmEyes.

Verse 7
EmHis Face Was All Shot Up And His Hands Were Both Blown Off
And He Wore A Metal D5/ABrace ArA7ound His EmWaist.
EmHe Whispered Kind Of Slow, In A Voice She Did Not Know,
While She Couldn't Even D5/ARecogA7nize His EmFace!

Verse 8
Em"Oh Tell Me My Darling Son, Tell Me What They Done.
How Is It That You've D5/ACome To A7Be This EmWay?"
EmHe Tried His Best To Talk As His Mouth Could Hardly Move.
And His Mother Had To D5/ATurn Her A7Head EmAway.

Verse 9
Em"D5/Aon't You Remember, Ma, When I Went Off To War
You Thought It Was The D5/ABest Thing A7I Could EmDo?
EmI Was On The Battleground, You Were Home, Actin' Proud.
Thank God You Wasn't D5/AStanding A7In My EmShoes."

Verse 10
Em"Lord,  I Thought When I Was There, God, What Am I Doing Here?
I'm Tryin' To Kill D5/ASomebody A7Or Die EmTryin'.
EmBut The Thing That Scared Me Most Was When My Enemy Came Close,
And I Saw That His Face D5/ALooked A7Just Like EmMine."

Chorus
GLord! D5/ALord! Just Like EmMine.

Verse 11
Em"And I Couldn Not Help But Think, Through The Thunder Rolling And Stink,
That I Was Just A D5/APuppet A7In A EmPlay.
EmAnd Through The Roar And Smoke, The String It Finally Broke,
And A Cannon Ball It D5/ABlew My A7Eyes EmAway."

Verse 12
EmAs He Turned Away To Walk, His Ma Was Still In Shock
At Seein' The Metal D5/ABrace That A7Helped Him EmStand.
EmBut As He Turned To Go, He Called His Mother Close
And He Dropped His Medals D5/ADown InA7to Her EmHand.

Chorus
GLord! D5/ALord! Down To Her EmHand.