The Willing Conscript
The Willing Conscript

The Willing Conscript easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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    • Verse 1
    Oh 
    sergeant, 

    I'm 
    a 
    draftee 

    And 
    I've 
    just 
    ar
    rived 
    in 
    camp 

    I've 
    come 
    to 
    wear 
    the uniform 

    And 
    join 
    the martial 
    tramp 

    Verse 2
    And 
    I 
    want 
    to do 
    my 
    duty 

    But 
    one 
    thing 
    I 
    do 
    im
    plore 

    You 
    must 
    give 
    me 
    lessons, 
    sergeant 

    For 
    I've 
    nev
    er 
    killed 
    be
    fore 

    Verse 3
    To 
    do 
    my 
    job 
    obediently 

    Is 
    all 
    that 
    I 
    de
    sire 

    To 
    learn 
    my 
    weapon 
    thoroughly 

    And 
    how 
    to 
    aim 
    and 
    fire 

    Verse 4
    To 
    learn 
    to 
    kill 
    the 
    enemy 

    And 
    then 
    to slaughter 
    more 

    Oh, 
    I'll 
    need 
    instruction, 
    sergeant 

    For 
    I've 
    nev
    er 
    killed 
    be
    fore 

    Verse 5
    Now, 
    there 
    are 
    rumors 
    in 
    the camp 

    About 
    our 
    enemy 

    They 
    say 
    that 
    when 
    you 
    see 
    him 

    He 
    looks 
    just 
    like 
    you 
    and 
    me 

    Verse 6
    But 
    you 
    deny 
    it, 
    ser
    geant 

    And 
    you 
    are 
    a 
    man 
    of 
    war 

    So 
    you 
    must 
    give 
    me 
    lessons 

    For 
    I've 
    nev
    er 
    killed 
    be

    fore 

    Verse 7

    Now, 
    there 
    are 
    several 
    lesson
    s 

    That 
    I 
    haven't 
    mastered 
    yet 

    I 
    haven't 
    got 
    the 
    hang 
    of 

    How 
    to use 
    the 
    bayon
    et 

    Verse 8
    If 
    he 
    doesn't 
    die 
    at 
    once 

    Am 
    I 
    to 
    stick 
    him 
    with 
    it 
    more? 

    Oh, 
    I 
    hope 
    you 
    will 
    be 
    patient 

    For 
    I've 
    nev
    er 
    killed 
    be
    fore 

    Verse 9
    And 
    the 
    hand 
    grenade 
    is 
    somethin' 

    That 
    I 
    just 
    don't 
    understand 

    You've 
    got 
    to 
    throw 
    it 
    quickly 

    Or 
    you're 
    apt 
    to lose 
    your 
    hand 

    Verse 10
    Does 
    it 
    blow 
    a 
    man 
    to 
    pieces 

    With 
    it's 
    wicked, 
    muffled 
    roar? 

    Oh, 
    I've 
    got 
    so 
    much 
    to 
    learn 

    Be
    cause 
    I've 
    never 
    killed 

    be
    fore 

    Verse 11

    Well, 
    I 
    want 
    to 
    thank 
    you, 
    sergeant 

    For 
    the 
    help 
    you've 
    been 
    to 
    me 

    You've 
    taught 
    me 
    how 
    to 
    kill 

    And 
    to 
    hate 
    the 
    enemy 

    Verse 12
    And 
    I 
    know 
    that 
    I'll 
    be 
    ready 

    When 
    they 
    march 
    me 
    off 
    to 
    war 

    And 
    I 
    know 
    that 
    it 
    won't 
    matter 

    That 
    I've 
    never 
    killed 
    be
    fore 

    I 
    know 
    that 
    it 
    won't 
    matter 

    That 
    I've 
    never 
    killed 
    be
    fore 


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