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Billy Yank And Johnny Reb by Jimmy Driftwood
Billy Yank And Johnny Reb
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
D
(Billy Yank and Johnny Reb. Billy Yank and Johnny Reb.)
[Verse 1]
D
Who's gonna blow the bugle and give the battle cry?
G D
Who's gonna fire the gatling gun and who's gonna bravely die?
Who's gonna be the daring? Who's gonna be the bold?
G D
Who's gonna bathe in pools of blood and sleep out in the cold?
[Chorus]
D A D
Billy Yank and Johnny Reb.
A D
Billy Yank and Johnny Reb.
[Verse 2]
D
Who's that with the blisters on their feet and mouth?
G D
Not the politicians In the north and in the south!
Who's that in the moonlight talkin to his pa?
G D
Who's that in the bushes tradin' coffee for a chaw?
[Chorus]
D A D
Billy Yank and Johnny Reb.
A D
Billy Yank and Johnny Reb.
[Verse 3]
D
When the war is over lawsy mercy me!
G D
Who's gonna guard our country from some foreign ene-my?
Who's gonna drive the cattle? Who's gonna feed the mill?
G D
Who's gonna plow cotton n corn and who's gonna run the stills?
[Chorus]
D A D
Billy Yank and Johnny Reb.
A D
Billy Yank and Johnny Reb.
[Verse 4]
D
Who's gonna court the ladies and buy their wedding bands?
G D
Who's gonna shoe their pretty little feet and glove their pretty little hands?
Who's gonna be the leaders? Who's gonna be the man?
G D
Who's gonna see that we don't ever fight ourselves a-gain?
[Emding]
D A D
Billy Yank and Johnny Reb.
A D
Billy Yank and Johnny Reb.
D
(Billy Yank and Johnny Reb. Billy Yank and Johnny Reb.)
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