The Draft Dodger Rag
The Draft Dodger Rag

The Draft Dodger Rag easy guitar chords by The Chad Mitchell Trio

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • G

  • D

  • A

  • G

  • D

  • A

    • Intro 1



    I'm 
    just 
    a typical 
    Verse 1

    American 
    boy 

    From 
    a 
    typical 
    American 
    town 

    I be
    lieve 
    in 
    God 
    and 
    Senator 
    Dodd 

    And 
    an keepin' 
    old 
    Castro 
    down 

    Verse 2
    And 
    when 
    it came 
    my 
    time 
    to serve 

    I 
    knew 
    better 
    dead 
    than red 

    But 
    when I 
    got 
    to 
    my old 
    draft 
    board 

    Buddy, 
    this 
    is 
    what 
    I said 

    Verse 3
    Sarge, 
    I'm only 
    eighteen, 
    I got 

    a ruptured 
    spleen 

    And 
    I 
    always 
    carry 
    a purse 

    I got 
    eyes 
    like 
    a bat, 
    and my 
    feet are 
    flat 

    My 
    asthma's getting 
    worse 

    Verse 4
    Consider 
    my career, 
    my sweetheart 
    dear 

    My 
    poor 
    old 
    invalid 
    aunt 

    Besides, 
    I 
    ain't 
    no 
    fool, 

    and 
    I'm goin' 
    to school 

    And I'm 
    workin' 
    in a 

    defense 
    plant 

    Verse 5

    I've 
    got 
    a dislocated 
    disc 

    and 
    a racked 
    up 
    back 

    I'm 
    al
    lergic 
    to flowers 
    and 
    bugs 

    And when 
    the 
    bombshell 
    hits, 

    I get 
    epileptic 
    fits 

    And I'm 
    addicted 
    to a 

    thousand 
    drugs 

    Verse 6
    I got the 
    weakness 
    woes, 
    I 

    can't 
    touch my 
    toes 

    I can 
    hardly 
    reach 
    my 
    knees 

    And if 
    the 
    enemy 
    ever 
    came 
    close 
    to me 

    Well, 
    I'd 
    probably 
    start 
    to sneeze 

    Verse 7
    Sarge, 
    I'm only 
    eighteen, 
    I got 

    a ruptured 
    spleen 

    And I 
    always 
    carry 
    a purse 

    I 
    got 
    eyes 
    like 
    a bat, 
    and 
    my feet are 
    flat 

    My 
    asthma's getting 
    worse 

    Verse 8
    Consider 
    my career, 
    my sweetheart 
    dear 

    My 
    poor 
    old 
    invalid 
    aunt 

    Besides, 
    I 
    ain't 
    no 
    fool, 

    I'm 
    a goin' 
    to school 

    And I'm 
    workin' 
    in 
    a defense 
    plant 

    Verse 9
    I 
    hate 
    Chou 
    En Lai, 
    and 
    I hope 
    he dies 

    But 
    I 
    think 
    you 
    gotta 
    see 

    That 
    if someone's 
    gotta 
    go 
    over 
    there 

    That 
    someone 
    isn't 
    me 

    Verse 10
    So, 
    have 
    a ball, 
    Sarge, 
    watch 
    'em fall 

    Yeah, 
    kill 
    me 
    a thousand 
    or so 

    And if you 
    ever 
    get 
    a war 

    without 
    any gore 

    Well, 
    I'll 
    be the 
    first 
    to 
    go 

    Verse 11
    Sarge, 
    I'm only 
    eighteen, 
    I got 

    a ruptured 
    spleen 

    And I 
    always 
    carry 
    a purse 

    I got 
    eyes 
    like 
    a bat, 
    and my 
    feet 
    are flat 

    My 
    asthma's getting 
    worse 

    Verse 12
    Consider 
    my career, 
    my sweetheart 
    dear 

    I 
    got to 
    wa
    ter 
    my rubber 
    tree 
    plant 

    Besides, 
    I ain't 
    no 
    fool, 

    I'm 
    a goin' 
    to school 

    And I'm 
    workin' 
    in a 
    defense 
    plant 

    Verse 13
    Sarge, 
    I'm only 
    eighteen, 
    I got 

    a ruptured 
    spleen 

    And I 
    always 
    carry 
    a purse 

    I 
    got 
    eyes 
    like 
    a bat, 
    and my 
    feet are 
    flat 

    My 
    asthma's getting 
    worse 

    Verse 14
    Consider 
    my career, 
    my sweetheart 
    dear 

    My 
    poor 
    old 
    invalid 
    aunt 

    Besides, 
    I 
    ain't 
    no 
    fool, 

    I'm a 
    goin' 
    to school 

    And I'm 
    workin' 
    in 
    a defense 
    plant 

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