It Ain't 1918 chords by Sparks

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Bm
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Gm
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Cdim
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Verse 1
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Johnny was a soldier with the Allies
Johnny was a soldier all the way
Johnny was a soldier with
a fun side
Johnny liked to laugh a lot each day
Bm 
Johnny met a girl who was
a beauty
A 
Johnny never thought to
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live in sin
Em 
"Do you take this girl?"
D 
"Yes I take this girl"
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A 
Johnny had a next of kin
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F#m 

Verse 2
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Gm 
Gdim 
They were happy as
they were
Cdim 
So everything around would change
Gdim 
A 
But they would never, ever change
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A 
D 
It ain't 1918 except for these two-
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D 
A 
it ain't
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1918...

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Verse 3
Everybody in Missouri knows them
Everybody there has seen their car
Everybody seen their
Stanley Steamer
Everybody knows It's Johnny's car
Bm 
Wave as you see Johnny
drive to market
A 
D 
Watch a bit of past go steaming by
Em 
Johnny and his bride
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Johnny and his car
A 
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A 
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Without a change of any kind
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Verse 4
Gm 
Gdim 
And they were happy as
they were
Cdim 
Everything around had changed
Gdim 
But they had never, ever changed
A 
D 
A 
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It ain't 1918 except for there two- it
A 
D 
ain't
Bm 
A 
D 
Em 
D 
A 
D 
1918...

Verse 5
Many people in St. Lou are wealthy
A lady by the name of Miller is
Wouldn't it be nice to help
out Johnny
Kinda play a real life Santa Claus
Bm 
She and many other St. Lou
people
A 
Bought ol' Johnny quite
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a fancy car
Em 
And a modern home
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Threw away his comb
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D 
Bought his wife a Paris scar
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Verse 6
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Gm 
Gdim 
Johnny thanked the St.    Lou folk
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But told them in a voice so sad
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That he would rather stay as is
E 
The people of St. Lou were mad,
and they said
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A 
D 
It ain't 1918 for us or for you
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D 
A 
If we can't enjoy it...
Then neither will you