The Folk Song Army chords by Tom Lehrer
Intro 1
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We are the folk song army
Verse 1
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Every one of us cares
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We all hate poverty, war, and injustice
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Unlike the rest of you squares
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There are
Verse 2
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innocuous folk songs, yeah
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But we regard 'em with scorn
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The folks who sing 'em have
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no social conscience
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Why, they don't even care
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if Jimmy Crack Corn
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If you feel
Verse 3
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dissatisfaction
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Strum your frustrations away
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Some people may prefer action
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But give me a folk song any old day
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The tune don't have to be clever
Verse 4
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And it don't matter if you put a couple
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extra syllables into a line
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It sounds more ethnic if
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it ain't good English
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And it don't even gotta rhyme (excuse me,
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Remember the war against Franco?
Verse 5
That's the kind where each
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of us belongs
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Though he may have won all the battles
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We had all the good songs
Verse 6
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So join in the folk song army
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Guitars are the weapons we bring
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To the fight against poverty,
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war, and injustice
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Ready, aim, sing
Outro 1
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The Folk Song Army
Tom Lehrer
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