The Valiant Conscript chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford
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Verse 1
(D major) (A major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (A major) (D major) How
are you boys,
I'm just from (A major) camp and (D major) feel as brave as Caesar
(A major) The (D major) sound of bugle, (G major) drum,
and fife has (A major) raised my Eben (D major) eezer
I'm full of fight, odd shots,
and (A major) shell, I'll (D major) leap into the saddle
(A major) And (D major) when the yankees (B minor) see me (G major) come, Lord
(A major) how they will ske (D major) daddle
Verse 2
(G major) Hold your head up Shanghai shanks, don't
(D major) shake your knees and blink so
(G major) It's no (D major) time to (G major) dodge the act, brave
(A major) comrades don't you think (D major) so (G major) (D major) (C sharp major)
(D major)
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Verse 3
I was a plow boy in the (A major) field,
a (D major) gawking, lazy, dodger (A major)
When (D major) came the conscript (B minor) officer
(G major) and (A major) took me for a (D major) soldier
He put a musket in my hand
and showed me (A major) how to (D major) fire it
I marched and counter- (G major) marched all day; Lord,
(A major) how I did ad (D major) mire it
(G major) Hold your head up Shanghai shanks, don't
Verse 4
(D major)
shake your (A major) knees and (D major) blink so
(G major) It's no time to dodge the act, brave (A major) comrades
don't you (D major) think so
(G major) (D major) (A major) (C sharp major)
Verse 5
(A major) With (D major) corn and (A major) hog fat (D major) for my (A major) food,
a (D major) digging, (A major) guarding, (D major) drilling
I got as thin as (G major) twice- skimmed milk and
(A major) scarcely worth the (D major) killing
And now I'm (A major) used to (D major) homely
(A major) fare, my (D major) skin is (A major) tough as (D major) leather (A major)
I (D major) do guard duty (G major) cheerfully in (A major) every kind of
(D major) weather (G major)
(A major) (D major) (G major) (A major) (D major)
(G major) (D major)
Verse 6
(C sharp major)
(A major) 'Tis (D major) true I have not seen a (A major) fight
, nor (D major) have I (A major) smelt gun (D major) powder
But then the way I'll (G major) pepper them will
(A major) be a sin to (D major) chowder
A sergeant's (A major) stripes I (D major) now will (A major) sport,
(D major) perhaps be (A major) color (D major) bearer (A major)
And (D major) then a captain,
(G major) good for me, I'll (A major) be a regular (D major) terror
(G major) (D major) (G major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 7
(G major) (D major) (C sharp major)
(A major) I'll (D major) then be (A major) gin to (D major) wear the (A major) stars
and (D major) then the (A major) wreathes of (D major) glory
(A major) Un (D major) til the army (G major) I command
and (A major) poets sing my (D major) story
(A major) Our (D major) congress (A major) will pass (D major) votes of
(A major) thanks to (D major) him who (A major) rose from (D major) zero
(A major) The (D major) people in a (G major) mass will shout, "Hur
(A major) rah! Behold the (D major) Hero!"
(G major) Hold your head up Shanghai shanks, don't
Verse 8
(D major)
shake your knees and blink so
(G major) It's no time to dodge the act, brave (A major) comrades
don't you think (D major) so
(G major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 9
What's that?
(D major) What's that? Oh dear a boiler (A major) burst,
a (D major) gas pipe has exploded
Maybe the yankees (G major) are hard
by with (A major) muskets ready (D major) loaded
Oh gallant (A major) soldiers (D major) beat them
(A major) back, I'll (D major) join you (A major) in the (D major) frolic
(A major) But (D major) I've a chill from (G major) head to
foot and (A major) symptoms of the (D major) colic
(G major) Hold your head up Shanghai shanks, don't
Verse 10
(D major)
shake your knees and blink so
(G major) It's no time to dodge the act, brave (A major) comrades
don't you think (D major) so (G major) (D major)
It's no time to dodge the act, brave
(A major) comrades don't you think so
The Valiant Conscript
Tennessee Ernie Ford
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