It Ain't 1918 chords by
Sparks
Sparks

N/A
Key: F major
Verse 1
D
D

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
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Bm

Johnny met a girl who was
a beauty
A
A

Johnny never thought to
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D

live in sin
Em
Em

"Do you take this girl?"
D
D

"Yes I take this girl"
A
A

D
D

A
A

Johnny had a next of kin
D
D

F#m
F#m

Verse 2
D
D

Gm
Gm

Gdim
Gdim

They were happy as
they were
Cdim
Cdim

So everything around would change
Gdim
Gdim

A
A

But they would never, ever change
D
D

A
A

D
D

It ain't 1918 except for these two-
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A

D
D

A
A

it ain't
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D

1918...
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
Bm

Wave as you see Johnny
drive to market
A
A

D
D

Watch a bit of past go steaming by
Em
Em

Johnny and his bride
D
D

Johnny and his car
A
A

D
D

A
A

F#m
F#m

Without a change of any kind
D
D

Verse 4
Gm
Gm

Gdim
Gdim

And they were happy as
they were
Cdim
Cdim

Everything around had changed
Gdim
Gdim

But they had never, ever changed
A
A

D
D

A
A

D
D

It ain't 1918 except for there two- it
A
A

D
D

ain't
Bm
Bm

A
A

D
D

Em
Em

D
D

A
A

D
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
Bm

She and many other St. Lou
people
A
A

Bought ol' Johnny quite
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D

a fancy car
Em
Em

And a modern home
D
D

Threw away his comb
A
A

D
D

Bought his wife a Paris scar
f
A
A

Verse 6
D
D

Gm
Gm

Gdim
Gdim

Johnny thanked the St. Lou folk
Cdim
Cdim

But told them in a voice so sad
Gdim
Gdim

That he would rather stay as is
E
E

The people of St. Lou were mad,
and they said
A
A

D
D

A
A

D
D

It ain't 1918 for us or for you
A
A

D
D

A
A

If we can't enjoy it...
Then neither will you

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