King Henry

King Henry easy guitar chords by Pete Seeger

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  • D

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    • Verse 1
    King 
    Henry 
    marched 
    forth, 

    a sword 
    in his 
    hand 

    Two 
    thousand 
    horsemen 
    all 

    at his 
    com
    mand 

    In a fort
    night 
    the 
    rivers 
    ran 

    Red 
    through 
    the 
    land 

    The 
    year 
    fifteen 
    hundred 

    and 
    twenty 

    The 
    year 
    it 
    is 
    Verse 2
    now 
    nineteen 
    sixty-five 

    It's 
    It's 
    easier 
    far 
    to stay 
    half-alive 

    Just 
    Just 
    keep 
    your mouth 
    shut 
    while 

    The 
    planes 
    zoom 
    and 
    dive 

    Ten 
    thousand 
    miles 
    over 

    the 
    ocean 

    Verse 3
    Simon 
    was 
    drafted 
    in 
    sixty-three 

    In 
    In 
    sixty-four, 
    sent 
    sent 
    over 
    the 
    sea 

    Last 
    month 
    this 
    letter 
    he 
    sent 
    to 
    me 

    He said 
    "You 
    won't 
    like 

    what 
    I'm 
    say
    in'" 

    He said 
    "We've 
    no 
    friends 
    here 

    No 
    hardly 
    a one 

    We've 
    got 
    a few 
    generals 
    who 

    Just 
    want 
    our gun
    s 

    But it'll 
    take 
    more 
    than 
    that 

    If 
    we're 
    ever 
    to win 

    Why 
    we'll 
    have 
    to 
    flatten 
    the 

    country" 

    Verse 4
    "It's my 
    own 
    troops 
    I 
    have 

    To 
    watch 
    out 
    for", 
    he 
    said 

    "I 
    sleep 
    with 
    a 
    pistol 

    right 
    under 
    my 
    head" 

    He 
    wrote 
    this 
    last 
    month 

    Last 
    week 
    he was 
    dead 

    And Si
    mon 
    came 
    home 
    in a 
    cas
    ket 

    Verse 5
    I 
    mind 
    my 
    own 
    business, 
    I 
    watch 
    my 
    TV 

    Com
    plain 
    about 
    taxes 
    but 
    pay 
    anyway 

    In a 
    civilized 
    manner 
    my 

    fore
    fathers 
    betrayed 

    Who 
    long 
    ago 
    struggled 
    for 
    freedom 

    Verse 6
    But 
    each 
    day 
    a new 
    headline 

    Screams 
    at 
    my 
    bluff 

    On 
    TV 
    some 
    general 
    says 

    "We 
    must 
    be 
    tough" 

    In my 
    dreams 
    I 
    stare 
    at 
    this 
    family 
    I love 

    All 
    gut
    ted and 
    spattered 

    with 
    napalm 

    Verse 7
    King 
    Henry 
    marched 
    forth, 

    a sword 
    in his 
    hand 

    Two 
    thousand 
    horsemen 

    all 
    at 
    his 
    command 

    In a 
    fortnight 
    the 
    rivers 
    ran 

    Red 
    through 
    the 
    land 

    The 
    year 
    fifteen 
    hundred 
    and 
    twenty 

    Verse 8
    The 
    year 
    it 
    is 
    now 
    nineteen 
    sixty-five 

    It's 
    It's 
    easier 
    far 
    to stay 
    half 
    alive 

    Just 
    keep 
    your mouth 
    shut 
    while 

    The 
    planes 
    zoom 
    and dive 

    Ten 
    thousand 
    miles 
    over 
    the 
    ocean 

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