Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier chords by Burl Ives

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Verse 1
In every war,
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 (E minor) soldiers go off to battle,
and songs express how the women at home
live in dread and hope.
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Here  (G major) I  sit  (E minor) on Buttermilk  (B minor) Hill.
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 (G major) Who could blame me?
Crime I feel.
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 (E minor) And every tear would turn a mill.
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Johnny has  (B minor) gone for a  (E minor) sol  dier,
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 (G major) surely,  (E minor) surely, surely, too, surely,
Sakuraga, bibbidi -bobbidi -boo.
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If I should  (B minor) die  for  (E minor) Sally Bubbly,
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come, bibbidi -bob (B minor) bidi -boo,
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 (E minor) sorrow wrong.
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I'd  (G major) sell my clock,  (E minor) I'd  sell my  (B minor) reel,
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 (G major) Likewise, I'd sell my spinning wheel,  (E minor) 
To buy, my love, a sword of steel.
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Johnny has  (B minor) gone for a  (E minor) sol  dier,
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 (G major) surely,  (E minor) surely, surely,  (B minor) too.
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 (E minor) Surely, Sakuraka, bibbidi -bobbidi -boo.
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If I should  (B minor) die  for Sally  (E minor) Bubbly,
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come, bibbidi -bobbidi  (B minor) -boo,  (E minor) Sarora.