King Henry chords by Pete Seeger
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Verse 1
(D major) (Dsus4) (C major) (D major) King Henry marched forth,
a sword in his hand (C major)
(Dsus4) Two (D major) thousand horsemen all
at his com (C major) mand
In a fort (D major) night the (C major) rivers ran
Red (D major) through the land
The (C major) year fifteen hundred
(G major) and (D major) twenty (C major) (Dsus4)
(D major) The year it is
Verse 2
now nineteen sixty-five
(Dsus4) It's (C major) It's (D major) easier far to stay half-alive
Just (C major) Just (D major) keep your mouth shut (C major) while
The (D major) planes zoom and dive
Ten (C major) thousand miles over
(Dsus4) the (D major) ocean (C major) (D major)
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Verse 3
(D major) Simon was drafted in sixty-three
(C major) In (D major) In sixty-four, sent sent over the (C major) sea
(D major) Last month this (C major) letter he (D major) sent to me
He said (C major) "You won't like
what I'm (D major) sayin'"
He said "We've no friends here
No hardly a one (Dsus4)
(C major) We've (D major) got a few generals who
Just want our gun (C major) s
(Dsus4) But it'll (D major) take more than (C major) that
If we're (D major) ever to win
Why (C major) we'll have to flatten the
(D major) country" (C major) (D major)
Verse 4
"It's my own troops I (D major) have
To watch out for", he said
(C major) "I (D major) sleep with a pistol
right under my (C major) head"
He (D major) wrote this last (C major) month
Last (D major) week he was dead
And Si (C major) mon came home in a (D major) casket (C major) (D major)
Verse 5
I (D major) mind my own business, I watch my TV (C major)
(Dsus4) Com (D major) plain about taxes but pay anyway
(C major) (Dsus4) In a (D major) civilized manner (C major) my
fore (D major) fathers betrayed
Who (C major) long ago struggled (Dsus4) for (D major) freedom (C major)
Verse 6
(D major) But each day a new headline
Screams at my bluff (C major)
(Dsus4) On (D major) TV some general says
"We must be (C major) tough"
(Dsus4) In my (D major) dreams I (C major) stare at this (D major) family I love
All gut (C major) ted and spattered
with (D major) (C major) (D major) napalm
Verse 7
King Henry marched (D major) forth,
a sword in his hand (C major)
(D major) Two thousand horsemen
all at his (C major) command
In a (D major) fortnight the rivers (C major) ran
(D major) Red through the land
The (C major) year fifteen hundred (G major) and (D major) twenty
Verse 8
The year it is (D major) now nineteen sixty-five
It's (C major) It's (D major) easier far to stay half (C major) alive
Just (D major) keep your mouth shut (C major) while
The (D major) planes zoom and dive
Ten (C major) thousand miles over the (D major) ocean (C major) (D major)
King Henry
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