Why Do They Call A Private A Private? chords by Ethel Merman
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Verse 1
Hiya, (C major) fellas.
This is Ethel Merman.
I'm gonna sing a song for
V -Discs
that I know all you G .I .s
will really appreciate.
It was written by Private Frank Lesser,
and it's called,
Why Do They Call a Private a Private?
Well, now, let me tell
you all about it.
And please, don't crowd. (F major) (C major)
(F major) (C major) (G minor) (Csus4) (C major)
["Why (F major) Do They
Call a Corporal a Corporal?"
be (C major) cause he's got two stripes (F major) an (C major) d I
(F major) know why they call a sergeant a sergeant
be (C major) cause he always gripes (F minor) yes
(A major) I know almost (E major) all the milit (A major) ary type
why (G minor) do (C major) (F major) they call a private a private
when each (C major) night is a public event
(F major) the (E flat major) Pennsylvania (C major) Station,
that (F major) crossroads (D minor) of the nation
(G major) Has nothing on a regular
Verse 2
army (C major) tent
They (G minor) snore and snore and
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Verse 3
(E flat major)
snore all night
They drop their shoes, they light the (G minor) light
It's (D minor) heck to
Verse 4
have to (G major) smell a regiment
(C major) Have you been marching
(F major) Why
Verse 5
do they call a (C major) private (D major) a private
Verse 6
When each (G minor) night is a (C major) public event (F major) (A flatdim)
(C major) Why (F major) do they call a private, a private,
when (G major) there's (C major) nothing more
public on (F major) earth?
(F sharpdim) Take (G minor) military travel,
(C major) it (F major) makes your (D minor) nerves unravel,
the (G major) army's really getting its
money's (C major) worth.
In (G minor) any other walk (E flat major) of life,
you'd think that you were man and wife,
(C major) the (D minor) way you've got a share,
(G major) a low of (C major) birth, your feet are icy.
(F major) Oh, why do they call a private (D major) a private
when there's (G minor) nothing for (C major) public honor?
(F major) (A flatdim) (C major) Now,
(F major) why do they call a private (C major) a (F major) private
when his (C major) life is a public affair?
(F major) (F sharpdim) A (G minor) hundred (C major) other rookies
en (F major) joy his (D minor) mother's cookies
and (G major) read his mail and borrow
his underwear.
(C major) And (G minor) every (E flat major) time he's gotta go,
a fella's gotta go, you know
Verse 7
With (D minor) sev en other (G major) fellas
sittin' there (C major)
Verse 8
He's got my (G major) collars
(F major) Why do they call a private (C major) a (D major) private
(F major) When his life (G minor) is a (C major) public affair
(F major)
Verse 9
(A flatdim) (C major) Why (F major) do they call a
private (C major) a (F major) private
When he's (C major) only a public G (F major) .I.
(F sharpdim) They (G minor) ought to (G major) call him Rover (C major)
He (F major) slides and flees (D minor) all over
There's (G major) always lots of company for a (C major) guy
And if he (G minor) ever gets (E flat major) a shower
He's gotta wait on line an (D minor) hour
It's murder if he's
(G major) modest and he's (C major) shy
The joint is crowded
(F major) Oh, and they call a private (D major) a private
when he's only (C major) a public
(F major) G .I. (C major)
(F major) Why do they call a (C major) private a (F major) private
when (G major) his (C major) life is a public af (F major) fair?
The (F sharpdim) whole (G minor) United Nation
(C major) s can (F major) hear his conversa (D minor) tions
and (G major) read his mail and borrow his underwear.
(C major) An (G minor) d if he finds a loc (E flat major) al wench
and puts her on a quiet bench
Three (D minor) other guys from
(G major) Yank are waiting (C major) there
Verse 10
To take the picture
(F major) A private, (C major) a (D major) private, private
When his life (G minor) is a (C major) public (F major) affair
Go see the chaplain
(G minor) His life is a pub (C major) lic affair (F major) (B flat major) (F major)
Why Do They Call A Private A Private?
Ethel Merman
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