General Custer
General Custer

General Custer easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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    • Verse 1
    This 
    is a song 
    about an American 
    hero, 

    ta -da, 

    who 
    has been a hero 
    for 
    far too 

    long. 


    General 
    Custer 
    told 
    me 

    we 
    were 
    going for 
    a 
    rid
    in' 

    Over 
    by the 
    big horn 
    river 

    where the 
    water is 
    deep and wide 

    As 
    soon as I 
    get my 
    hair done, 

    he said, 
    we will 
    win the war 

    Go on 
    out and 
    tell the boys 

    what 
    they are 
    fighting for 

    He 
    said, 
    give somebody 
    a 
    medal, 


    give somebody 
    a 
    three -day 
    pass 

    Tell 
    them about 
    the light 

    at 
    the end of 
    the tunnel 

    and 
    tell him 
    to hold her side, 

    pass 
    me 
    my looking -glass. 

    Out 
    in 
    the buffalo moonlight, 

    I 
    thought I 
    heard a bird. 

    One old 
    Indian 
    fighter went 
    pale, 


    said, what was 
    that I heard? 

    Sixteen 
    thousand 
    nightingales 

    stomp
    ing 
    through the pass 

    Tell 
    that 
    idiot 
    matinee 
    fool 

    to 
    get us 
    out and fast 

    He 
    yelled, 
    give somebody 
    a 
    medal, 


    give somebody 
    a 
    three -day pass 

    Tell 
    them about 
    a light 

    at 
    the end of 
    the tunnel 

    and 
    tell them 
    to hold their sass 

    And 
    pass me 
    my looking glass 

    Well, 
    came up like 
    taxes, 

    what do you 
    suppose I see? 

    Every 
    Indian in 
    history 

    tapping 
    his 
    toes at me. 

    Thing
    s were 
    looking shaky, 

    some of them 
    boys was large. 

    What 
    do you 
    suppose old 
    Custer done? 

    You 
    know he 
    hollered, Charge! 

    But 
    nobody told 
    the Indians 

    who 
    old 
    Custer was 

    They 
    commenced 
    to 
    stick to 
    us 

    like 
    pizza stick 
    to fuss 

    Nobody 
    told 
    the Indians 

    they 
    were 
    supposed to run 

    Just 
    as 
    they did 
    Custer 
    in, 

    what do you 
    suppose he done? 

    He hollered, 
    give somebody 
    a 
    medal, 


    give somebody 
    a 
    three -day 
    pass 

    Tell 
    him about 
    the light 

    at 
    the end of 
    the tunnel 

    and 
    tell him 
    to hold her sad 

    and 
    fans made 
    my look at glass 


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