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