The Draft Dodger Rag chords by Pete Seeger

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Verse 1
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 (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major) I'm just a typical American
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from  (A major) a typical American town
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I believe  (D major) in God and Senator Todd
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and a- keeping old Castro down  (G major) 
And when it came my time to serve
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I knew  (A major) "better dead than red"
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But  (D major) when I got to my old draft board, buddy,
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this is what I said:  (G major) 

Verse 2
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[Chorus:] Sarge, I'm  (G major) 
only eighteen,
I got a ruptured spleen
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And I  (A major) always carry a purse
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I got  (D major) eyes like a bat,
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my feet are flat and my asthma's getting worse  (G major) 
Oh I think of my career, my sweetheart dear,
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and my  (A major) poor old invalid aunt
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Besides, I  (D major) ain't no fool,  (D minor) 
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 (D major) I'm goin' to school
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And I'm working in a defense plant  (G major) 

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Verse 3
G 
I got a  (G major) dislocated disc and
a wracked up back
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I'm al (A major) lergic to flowers and bugs
D 
And when bombshells  (D major) hit,
I get epileptic fits
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And I'm addicted to a thousand drug (G major) s
I got the weakness woes,
I can't touch my toes
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I can  (A major) hardly touch my knees
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And if the  (D major) enemy came close to me
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I'd probably start to sneeze  (G major)  (D major)  (G major) 

Interlude 1

[Chorus] I hate Chou

Verse 4
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 (G major) 
En Lai, and I hope he dies,
A 
But one thing  (A major) you gotta see
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That someone's  (D major) gotta go over there
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But that someone isn't me  (G major) 
So I wish you well, Sarge, give 'em Hell
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Yeah kill  (A major) me a thousand or more
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And if you  (D major) ever get  (D minor) a war
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without blood  (D major) and gore
Well I'll be the first to go