The man behind the guns chords by Phil Ochs
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Verse 1
(A minor) Let's drink a toast to the (G major) Admiral
and (A minor) here's to the Captain (C major) Bold
And (E minor) glory more for the (A minor) Commodore
when the (C major) deeds of might (G major) are told
They stand to the (A minor) deck
through the (G major) battle's wreck
when the great shells roar and (C major) pound
And (E minor) never they fear
when the (A minor) foe is near
to (C major) lay their orders (G major) down
But (C major) off with your hats
and three times three
for every sail (E minor) or's side
For the (F major) men below who (C major) fight the foe,
(A minor) the men be (G major) hind the guns,
oh, the men behind the (A minor) guns
Their hearts a -pounding (G major) heavy
when they (A minor) swing the port once (F major) more
(C major) With (E minor) nev er enough
of the (A minor) greenback stuff
they (C major) start for the Levis (G major) shore
And you'd (A minor) think perhaps
the (G major) blue blouse chaps
had (A minor) better clothes (C major) to wear
For the (E minor) uniforms of (A minor) of ficers
could (C major) hardly be com (G major) pared
War (C major) riors bowed with straps of gold
that dazzled like the (E minor) sun
Out (F major) shined the common (C major) sailor boys,
the (A minor) lads (C major) who served (G major) the guns
Oh, the (A minor) men be (G major) hind the (A minor) guns
But say not a word till the (G major) shot is heard
that (A minor) tells the fight is (C major) on
And the (E minor) angry sound of an (A minor) other round
(C major) says they must be (G major) gone
Over the deep and the deadly sweep
of the fire and the bursting (C major) shell
Where the (E minor) very air is a (A minor) mad despair
that (C major) throws up a living (G major) hell
But (C major) down and deep in a mighty ship
unseen by the midday (E minor) sun
Oh, you (F major) find the boys who (C major) make the noise,
the (G major) lads who serve the guns
Oh, the men behind the (A minor) gun
And well they know the (G major) cyclone
blow loose (A minor) from the cannon steel (C major)
And they (E minor) know the hull of the (A minor) enemy ship
will (C major) quiver with the (G major) feel
And the (A minor) decks will rock
with a (G major) lightning shock
and (A minor) shake with a (G major) great re (C major) coil
While the (E minor) sea grows red
with (A minor) the blood of the dead
and (C major) swallows up her (G major) spoil
But (C major) not until the (F major) final (C major) ship
has made her final (E minor) run
Can we (F major) give the rest to the (C major) very best,
the (A minor) lads who (G major) serve the guns?
Oh, the (A minor) men be (G major) hind the (A minor) guns
So let's drink a toast to (G major) the Admiral
and (A minor) here's to the Captain (C major) bold
And (E minor) glory more for the (A minor) Commodore
when the (C major) deeds of might (G major) are told
They (A minor) stand to the deck through
(G major) the battle's wreck
when the (A minor) great shells roar and (C major) pound
And (E minor) never they fear
when the foe is near
to (C major) lay their orders (G major) down
But (C major) off with their hats
and three times three
for every sail (E minor) or's son
For the (F major) men below who (C major) fight the foe,
the men behind (G major) the guns
Oh, (A minor) the men be (G major) hind the (A minor) gun s
The man behind the guns
Phil ochs
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