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Ballad Of October 16Th by Millard Lampell
Ballad Of October 16Th
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
[Verse 1]
G C
It was on a Saturday night and the moon was shing bright
G D
They passed the conscription bill
G C
And the people they did say for many miles away
G D G
'Twas the President and his boys on Capitol Hill.
[Chorus]
C G
Oh, Franklin Roosevelt told the people how he felt
D
We damned near believed what he said
G C
He said, "I hate war, and so does Eleanor
G D G
But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead."
[Verse 2]
G C
When my poor old mother died I was sitting by her side
G D
A-promising to war I'd never go.
G C
But now I'm wearing khaki jeans and eating army beans
G D G
And I'm told that J. P. Morgan loves me so,
[Verse 3]
G C
I have wandered o'er this land, a roaming working man
G D
No clothes to wear and not much food to eat.
G D
But now the government foots the bill
G C
Gives me clothes and feeds me swill
G D G
Gets me shot and puts me underground six feet.
[Chorus]
C G
Oh, Franklin Roosevelt told the people how he felt
D
We damned near believed what he said
G C
He said, "I hate war, and so does Eleanor
G D G
But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead."
[Verse 4]
G C
Why nothing can be wrong if it makes our country strong
G D
We got to get tough to save democracy.
G D
And though it may mean war
G C
We must defend Singapore
G D G
This don't hurt you half as much as it hurts me.
[Chorus]
C G
Oh, Franklin Roosevelt told the people how he felt
D
We damned near believed what he said
G C
He said, "I hate war, and so does Eleanor
G D G
But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead."
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