Soldier's Joy chords by Jimmie Driftwood
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Verse 1
(E minor) Some Con (G major) tinental
soldiers on the (C major) bivouac
Were (G major) playing stud poker in
(D major) a mountain shack
But (G major) every vigilante threw
(C major) down his hand
When the (D major) captain of the guard
gave the (G major) sharp commando
Jimmy, get your fiddle out
and roll up the bow
Johnny, tune your banjo up,
(D major) we're gonna have a show
Billy, (G major) pass the jug around
to Corporal McCoy
We're (D major) gonna have a tune
called (G major) Soldier's Joy (D major)
(G major) The girls in Boston are (C major) dancing tonight
The (G major) Golden and Redcoats
are (D major) holding them tight
When (G major) we get there, we will (C major) show them how
But (D major) that ain't a -doin' us (G major) no good now
So, Jimmy, get your fiddle out
and rollin' up the bow
Johnny Junior, band your up,
(D major) we're gonna have a show
Billy, (G major) pass the jug around
to Corporal McCoy
We're (D major) gonna have a tune
called (G major) Soldier's Joy (D major) (G major)
There goes General (C major) Washington
He's (G major) got his horse in a (D major) sweeping run
The (G major) barefooted boys are
(C major) a -beggin' to fight
We're (D major) gonna cross
the Delaware River (G major) tonight
So, Jimmy, get your fiddle out
and rollin' up the bow
Johnny, tune the banjo up,
we're (D major) gonna have a show
Billy, (G major) pass the jug around
to Corporal McCoy
We're (D major) gonna have a tune
called (G major) Soldier's Joy (D major) (G major)
Old Burgoyne in the (C major) wilderness
Got (G major) his army in (D major) an awful mess
The (G major) farmers got mad at
the (C major) British and Huns
And (D major) captured ten thousand of
the son of a (G major) gun
So, Jimmy, get your fiddle out
and rotten up the bow
Johnny, tune the banjo up,
(D major) we're gonna have a show
Billy, (G major) pass the jug around
to Corporal McCoy
We're (D major) gonna have a tune
called (G major) Soldier's Joy (D major) (G major)
John Paul Jones in an (C major) old tin can
Scoured (G major) the ocean like a (D major) fighting man
The (G major) British said, Paul,
are you (C major) ready to strike?
(D major) And Paul said, I'm just (G major) beginning to fight
So, Jimmy, get your fiddle out
and rotten up the bow
Johnny, tune the banjo up,
(D major) we're gonna have a show
Billy, (G major) pass the jug around to Corporal
McCoy
(D major) We're gonna have a tune
called (G major) Soldier's Joy (D major) (G major)
General Washington and (C major) Rochambeau
Drink (G major) ing their wine in the (D major) campfire's glow
Big (G major) Dan Morgan came a (C major) -gallopin' in
Says, (D major) got Cornwallis in the (G major) old cow pen
So, Jimmy, get your feet loud
and rollin' up the bow
Johnny, tune the badger up,
(D major) we're gonna have a show
Billy, (G major) pass the jug around
to Corporal McCoy
We're (D major) gonna have a tune
called (G major) Soldier's Joy (D major) (G major)
Wake up, buddy,
have you (C major) heard the news?
(G major) Grandma Britain got (D major) an awful bruise
The (G major) Redcoats cried and
(C major) cursed Yorktown
While a (D major) band played
The World's Turned (G major) Upside Down
So Jimmy, get your fiddle out
and rolls up the bow
Johnny, tune the banjo up,
(D major) we're gonna have a show
Billy, (G major) pass the jug around
to Corporal McCoy
We're (D major) gonna have a tune
called (G major) Soldier's Joy (D major)
(G major) A homemade fiddle and a (C major) mandolin
An (G major) old banjo and a (D major) tambourine
A (G major) big dumb bully for the (C major) drummer, boy
Every (D major) body loves to hear the (G major) Soldier's Joy
So Jimmy, get your fiddle out
and roll up the bow
Johnny, tune the banjo up,
(D major) we're gonna have a show
Billy, (G major) pass the jug around to Corporal
McCoy
(D major) We're gonna have a tune
called (G major) Soldier's Joy
Gon (D major) na have a tune called (G major) Soldier's Joy
Soldier's Joy
Jimmie Driftwood
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