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Soldier's Joy by Jimmy Driftwood
Soldier's Joy
Capo:no capo
As far as I can tell there is no C in the first verse
of the chorus, as bad as I want to put one in there.
The intro and GDGG at the end of the chorus is my best
guess on how to follow the mandolin (turn-around?) part.
*** Repeat the chorus after every verse. ***
INTO:
G D G G
VERSE 1:
G C
Some continental soldiers on a bivouac
G D
Were playing stud poker in a mountain shack
G C
But every vigilante threw down his hand, when the
D G
Captain of the guard gave a sharp command, oh
CHORUS:
G
Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up the bow
G D
Johnny tune your banjo up we're gonna have a show
G C
Billy pass the jug around to Corporal McCoy
D G G D G G
We're gonna have a tune called Soldier's Joy
VERSE 2:
G C
The girls in Boston are dancin' tonight
G D
The gall-derned Redcoats are holding them tight
G C
When we get there we will show them how
D G
but that ain't a doin' us no good now, so
VERSE 3:
G C
There goes General Washington
G D
He's got his horse in a sweeping run
G C
The barefooted boys are a beggin' to fight, and
D G
we're gonna cross the Delaware River tonight, so
VERSE 4:
G C
Old Burgoyne in the wilderness
G D
Got his army in an awful mess
G C
The farmers got mad at the British and Huns, and
D G
captured ten thousand of the son of a guns, so
VERSE 5:
G C
John Paul Jones in an old tin can
G D
Scoured the ocean like a fightin' man
G C
The British said Paul are you ready to strike
D G
and Paul said I'm just beginnin' to fight, so
VERSE 6:
G C
General Washington and Rochanbeau
G D
Drinkin' their wine in the campfire's glow
G C
Big Dan Morgan came a gallopin' in, and said
D G
We got Cornwallis in the old Cowpens, so
VERSE 7:
G C
Wake up buddy have you heard the news
G D
Grandma Britain's got an awful bruise
G C
The Redcoats cried and cursed Yorktown, while the
D G
band played The World's Turned Upside Down, so
VERSE 8:
G C
A homemade fiddle and a mandolin
G D
An old banjo and a tambourine
G C
A big dumb bully for the drummer boy
D G
Everybody loves to hear the Soldier's Joy, so
ENDING:
D G
Gonna have a tune called Soldier's Joy
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