Draft Dodger Rag chords by
Phil Ochs

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Key: F major•

Verse 1

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Draft Dodger Rag

Phil Ochs

Written by Phil Ochs

Verse 2

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Bb

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Oh, I'm just a typical American

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F

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B

B

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C

C

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boy from a typical American town

F

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I believe in God and Senator Dodd and

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a-keepin' old old Castro down

B

B

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And when it came my time to serve I

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C

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knew "better dead than red"

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But when I got to my old draft board,

Verse 3

buddy, this is what I said:

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CHORUS

Sarge, I'm only eighteen,

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B

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I got a ruptured spleen

Verse 4

B

B

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C

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And I always carry a purse

Verse 5

F

F

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I got eyes like a bat, and my feet are flat,

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and my asthma's get ting worse

Verse 6

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F

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Yes, think of my career, my sweetheart dear,

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B

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C

C

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and my poor old inval id aunt

Verse 7

F

F

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Besides, I ain't no fool,

I'm a-goin' to to school

Verse 8

F

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And I'm working in a DEE-fense plant

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plant

Verse 9

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I've got a dislocated disc

and a wracked up back

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B

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C

C

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I'm al lergic to flowers and bugs

And when the bombshell hits,

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F

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I get epi leptic fits

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And I'm addicted to a thou sand drugs

I got the weakness woes,

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B

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I can't touch my toes

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C

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I can hardly reach my knees

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C

C

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F

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And if the en emy came close to me

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F

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I'd probably start to sneeze

Verse 10

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I'm only eighteen, I got a ruptured spleen

Verse 11

B

B

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C

C

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And I always carry a purse

Verse 12

C

C

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F

F

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I got eyes like a bat, and my feet are flat,

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and my asthma's get ting worse

Verse 13

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Yes, think of my career, my sweetheart dear,

B

B

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C

C

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and my poor old inval id aunt

Verse 14

F

F

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Besides, I ain't no fool,

I'm a-goin' to to school

Verse 15

F

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And I'm working in a DEE-fense plant

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plant

Verse 16

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Ooh, I hate Chou En Lai, and I hope he dies,

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B

B

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C

C

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Onething you gotta see

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That someone's gotta go over there

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And that someone isn't me

So I wish you well, Sarge, give 'em Hell!

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C

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Kill me a thousand or so

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And if you ever get a war

without blood and gore

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I'll be the first to go

Verse 17

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Yes, I'm only eighteen,

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B

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I got a ruptured spleen

Verse 18

B

B

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C

C

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And I always carry a purse

Verse 19

C

C

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F

F

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I got eyes like a bat, and my feet are flat,

Bb

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and my asthma's get ting worse

Verse 20

Bb

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Yes, think of my career, my sweetheart dear,

B

B

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C

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and my poor old invalid aunt

Verse 21

C

C

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F

F

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Besides, I ain't no fool,

I'm a-goin' to to school

Verse 22

F

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And I'm working in a DEE-fense plant

Bb

Bb

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plant

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