The Valiant Conscript
The Valiant Conscript

The Valiant Conscript easy guitar chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • D

  • A

  • G

  • Bm

    2

  • C#

    4

  • D

  • A

  • G

  • Bm

    2

  • C#

    4
    • Verse 1
    How 

    are you 
    boys, 

    I'm just from 
    camp 
    and 
    feel 
    as brave as 
    Caesar 

    The 
    sound 
    of bugle, 
    drum, 

    and fife has 
    raised my 
    Eben
    eezer 

    I'm full of 
    fight, odd 
    shots, 

    and 
    shell, I'll 
    leap into 
    the 
    saddle 

    And 
    when the 
    yankees 
    see me 
    come, Lord 

    how they 
    will ske
    daddle 

    Verse 2
    Hold 
    your head 
    up Shanghai 
    shanks, don't 

    shake 
    your knees and 
    blink 
    so 

    It's 
    no 
    time to 
    dodge 
    the act, brave 

    comrades 
    don't 
    you think 
    so 

    Verse 3
    I was 
    a plow boy 
    in the 
    field, 

    a 
    gawking, 
    lazy, 
    dodger

    When 
    came the 
    conscript 
    officer 

    and 
    took me 
    for 
    a 
    soldier 

    He put 
    a musket 
    in my 
    hand 

    and showed me 
    how to 
    fire 
    it 

    I marched 
    and counter- 
    marched 
    all day; Lord, 

    how I 
    did 
    ad
    mire 
    it 

    Hold 
    your head 
    up Shanghai 
    shanks, don't 
    Verse 4

    shake your 
    knees 
    and 
    blink 
    so 

    It's no 
    time to 
    dodge 
    the act, brave 
    comrades 

    don't you 
    think 
    so 

    Verse 5

    With 
    corn 
    and 
    hog fat 
    for my 
    food, 

    a 
    dig
    ging, 
    guarding, 
    drilling 

    I 
    got 
    as thin 
    as 
    twice- skimmed 
    milk and 

    scarcely 
    worth the 
    killing 

    And now I'm 
    used to 
    homely 

    fare, my 
    skin is 
    tough 
    as 
    leather

    I 
    do guard 
    duty 
    cheerfully 
    in 
    every 
    kind 
    of 

    weather 


    Verse 6

    'Tis 
    true 
    I have not 
    seen a 
    fight

    , nor 
    have I 
    smelt gun
    powder 

    But 
    then the 
    way I'll 
    pepper 
    them will 

    be 
    a sin to 
    chowder 

    A sergeant's 
    stripes 
    I 
    now will 
    sport, 

    per
    haps be 
    color 
    bearer

    And 
    then 
    a captain, 

    good for 
    me, I'll 
    be 
    a regular 
    terror 


    Verse 7

    I'll 
    then be
    gin to 
    wear the 
    stars 

    and 
    then the 
    wreathes 
    of 
    glory 

    Un
    til the 
    army 
    I command 

    and 
    poets 
    sing my 
    story 

    Our 
    congress 
    will pass 
    votes 
    of 

    thanks 
    to 
    him who 
    rose from 
    zero 

    The 
    people 
    in 
    a 
    mass will 
    shout, "Hur

    rah! 
    Behold 
    the 
    Hero!" 

    Hold 
    your head 
    up Shanghai 
    shanks, don't 
    Verse 8

    shake 
    your knees 
    and blink 
    so 

    It's no 
    time to 
    dodge 
    the act, brave 
    comrades 

    don't 
    you think 
    so 

    Verse 9

    What's 
    that? 

    What's 
    that? Oh 
    dear a 
    boiler 
    burst, 

    a 
    gas pipe 
    has 
    exploded 

    Maybe 
    the 
    yankees 
    are hard 

    by with 
    muskets 
    ready 
    loaded 

    Oh 
    gallant 
    sol
    diers 
    beat them 

    back, I'll 
    join you 
    in the 
    frolic 

    But 
    I've 
    a chill from 
    head to 

    foot and 
    symptoms 
    of the 
    colic 

    Hold 
    your head up 
    Shanghai 
    shanks, don't 
    Verse 10

    shake 
    your knees 
    and blink 
    so 

    It's 
    no time to 
    dodge 
    the act, brave 
    comrades 

    don't you 
    think 
    so 

    It's no 
    time to 
    dodge 
    the act, brave 

    comrades 
    don't 
    you 
    think 
    so 

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