G.I. Joe chords by Bobby Bare

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Verse 1
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 (B minor) I   was  (F sharp minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (C major)  (G major) 
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 (A major)  (D major) standing on the  (A major) corner
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of  (D major) 3rd and Main
As the military band
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 (A major) marched up the  (D major) road
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When I turned  (G major) to an old  (A major) soldier
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and  (B minor) asked his name.
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 (D major) He said, they call  (E major) me Joe,
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they call me  (A major) G  .I. Joe.
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He said there used  (D major) to be
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more  (A major) people in  (D major) the crowd.
The voice that once was strong
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 (A major) has now turned  (D major) weak.
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With his hand  (G major) across his  (A major) heart
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he cried  (B minor) out loud,
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Asus4 
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 (D major) Lord let  (E major) it rain let  (Asus4) freedom  ring as  (A major)  (G major) tall as god would let him
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he stood  (D major) up for the flag
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and took a  (G major) bullet for his country and
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his  (A major) country took him back
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everybody  (D major) was so  (A major) proud
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so long  (B minor) ago that  (D major) doesn't
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Looks like  (E major)  (D major) no one gives a  (A major) damn
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about G .I.  (G major) Joe
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Looks like  (D major) no one gives a  (A major) damn
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about G .I.  (D major) Joe
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 (A major) He came  (D major) back a  (A major) hero in  (D major) 43
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For the blood he  (A major) shed in a foreign  (D major) war
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And because  (G major) of him and  (A major) God,
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now you're  (B minor) free
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Don't  (D major) you know we  (E major) are,
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oh, you know  (Asus4) we       are
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 (A major) As  (D major)  (G major) tall as God would let him,
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he stood  (D major) up for the flag
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And took a  (G major) bullet for his country,
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and his  (A major) country took him back
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Everybody  (D major) was so  (A major) proud so long  (B minor) ago
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 (D major) Now it doesn't show  (E major) 
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Looks like  (D major) no one gives a  (A major) damn
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about G .I.  (G major) Joe
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Looks like  (D major) no one gives a  (A major) damn
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about G .I.  (D major) Joe
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But  (G major) I  for one am  (A major) not afraid to say  (B minor) I   do
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All you  (E major) should do
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is time  (E minor) we pay up for what we  (A major) owe
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God  (B minor) bless this country,
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 (A major) God bless G .I.  (G major) Joe
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God  (D major) bless this country,  (A major) 
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God bless G  (D major) .I. Joe  (A major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (G major)  (A major) 
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You  (D major) 