Ten Thousand Drums chords by Mel Tillis

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Waitin',
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waitin' for the Red Coast to come
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But all I hear in my frozen ears
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is ten thousand drums
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Ten thousand drums
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Johnny, Johnny, don't be afraid
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We can't whip those redcoats,
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sittin' in the shade,
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sittin' in the shade
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We've got the best of all the rest
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in General Washington
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And when we meet those redcoats,
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watch those redcoats run
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Throwin' down their drums,
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throwin' down their drums
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Listen, listen,
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Johnny better get your gun
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Cause that ain't wooden soldier
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behind ten thousand drums
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Behind ten thousand drums
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Runnin', runnin',
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Johnny watched them run
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We finally whipped those redcoats
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Finally stopped those drums
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We stopped ten thousand drums
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We're the best of all the rest
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The shankiest son of a guns
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Now we can tell our mammies
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how we made them run
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Throwin' down their drums,
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throwin' down their drums
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Ten thousand drums,
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ten thousand drums
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Ten thousand drums