The Draft Dodger Rag chords by
Pete Seeger

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Key: D major•

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

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

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

Interlude 1

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[Chorus] I hate Chou

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