Company Of Cowards chords by The New Christy Minstrels
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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As I went
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walkin' down the road
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'Twas on one summer's day
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What do you suppose I chanced to see,
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goin' the other way?
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Well, I knew it weren't the Navy,
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nor the whole McDougal clan
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'Twas a company of cowards,
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I could tell by the way they ran
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Verse 2
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Oh, get around, oh, get around, get around
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Oh, get around, get away
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'Tis a company of cowards
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And they've come to save the day
Verse 3
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Ah, you should've seen
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their uniforms
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Shabby as you please
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Mighty shy of buttons,
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rather baggy at the knees
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And such was their appearance,
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we laughed until we cried
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'Tis a pity, Mr. Lincoln,
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they're not on the other side
Verse 4
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Oh, get around, oh, get around, get around
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Oh, get around, get away
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'Tis a company of cowards
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And they come to save the day
Verse 5
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I don't recall I ever heard
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that bugle sound retreat
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I could only hear the thunder of
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a hundred scamperin' feet
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It was forward into battle,
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they came marching, one by one
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But I guess they thought it over,
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and they thought it best to run
Verse 6
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Oh, get around, oh, get around, get around
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Oh, get around, get away
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'Tis a company of cowards
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And they've come to save the day
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Verse 7
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All men who bear the saber share
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the scandal of that day
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Napoleon would have died of shame
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to see them run away
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Remember George at Valley Forge
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made the British boys behave?
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You can well imagine, now,
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he's rolling over in his grave
Verse 8
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Oh, get around, oh, get around, get around
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Oh, get around, get away
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'Tis a company of cowards
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And they come to save the day
Verse 9
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Yeah, oh, get around, oh,
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get around, get around
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Oh, get around, get away
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'Tis a company of cowards
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And they came to save the day
Outro 1
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Company Of Cowards
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