The Draft Dodger Rag chords by Pete Seeger
Verse 1
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I'm just a typical American
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from a typical American town
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I believe in God and Senator Todd
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and a- keeping old Castro down
And when it came my time to serve
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I knew "better dead than red"
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But when I got to my old draft board, buddy,
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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
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And I always carry a purse
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I got eyes like a bat,
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my feet are flat and my asthma's getting worse
Oh I think of my career, my sweetheart dear,
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and my poor old invalid aunt
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Dm
Besides, I ain't no fool,
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I'm goin' to school
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And I'm working in a defense plant
Verse 3
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I got a dislocated disc and
a wracked up back
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I'm allergic to flowers and bugs
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And when bombshells hit,
I get epileptic fits
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And I'm addicted to a thousand drugs
I got the weakness woes,
I can't touch my toes
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I can hardly touch my knees
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And if the enemy came close to me
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D
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I'd probably start to sneeze
Interlude 1
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[Chorus] I hate Chou
Verse 4
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En Lai, and I hope he dies,
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But one thing you gotta see
D
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
And if you ever get a war
D
without blood and gore
Well I'll be the first to go
Verse 5
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[Chorus]
Outro 1
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The Draft Dodger Rag
Pete Seeger
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