John Brown chords by
Eric Andersen
Eric Andersen

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Key: A minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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John Brown went off to war
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To fight on a foreign shore
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His mama sure was proud of him
He stood so straight and tall
In uniform and all
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His mama's face broke out into a grin
Oh, son, you look so fine,
so glad you're a son of mine
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You make me proud to know
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you're all are gone
Do what the captain says,
lots of medals you will get
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We'll put them on the wall
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when you come home
As that old train pulled out,
John's mom began to shout
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Telling everyone in the neighborhood
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That's my son that's about to go,
he's a soldier now you know
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She made well sure her
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neighbors understood
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She got a letter once in a while,
and her face broke into a smile
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She showed them to the
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people from next door
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She bragged about her son
with his uniform and gun
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These things are called good
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old fashioned love
And the letters ceased to come,
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for a long time they did not come
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They ceased to come
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for about ten months or more
Then a letter finally came saying,
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go down and meet that train
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Your son is coming back from the war
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She smiled and looked right down,
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she looked up and all around
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She could not see his soldiers in the sand
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But as all the people passed,
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she saw her son at last
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When she did, she could not believe her eyes
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Oh, his face was all charred up,
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his hand was all blown off
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And he wore a metal brace
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around his waist
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He was kinda slow,
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and a voice she did not know
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And she couldn't even recognize his face
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Tell me darlin' son,
tell me what have they done
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How is it that you've come to be this way?
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He tried his best to talk,
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but his mouth could hardly move
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And his mother had to turn her face away
Do you remember Ma,
when I went off to war?
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I thought it was the best thing I could do
I was on the battleground,
you were home just acting proud
You wasn't there,
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standing in your shoes
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I thought when I was there,
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Lord, what am I doing here?
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I'm trying to kill somebody,
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oh that tribe
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But the thing that scared me most,
when my enemy was close
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I could see that his face
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looked just like mine
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And I couldn't help but think,
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through the thunderous sound and stink
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That I was just a puppet in a play
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An d through the rolling smoke,
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the string had finally broke
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And a cannonball blew my eyes away
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As he turned away to go,
his ma was still in shock
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And seen the metal brace
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that helped him stand
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But as he turned to leave,
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he called his mother close
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And dropped his medals down
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in her hand
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