John Brown – Bob Dylan · Song Chords

John Brown

Bob Dylan · C

Real Key

C

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C

0.2x

120

BPM

1

2

3

4

Rhythm

2/4

3/4

4/4

5/4

6/8

7/8

No Accent

Downbeat

Backbeat

All Equal

1 & 3

Verse 1

[Em]

John Brown went off to war to fight on a foreign shore.

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

His mother sure is proud of him!

[Em]

He stood straight and tall in his uniform and all.

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

His mother's face broke out all in a grin.

Verse 2

[Em]

"Oh son, you look so fine, I'm glad you're a son of mine,

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

You make me proud to know you hold a gun.

[Em]

Do what the captain says, lots of medals you will get,

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

And we'll put them on the wall when you come home."

Verse 3

[Em]

When that old train pulled out, John's ma began to shout,

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

Tellin' everyone in the neighborhood:

[Em]

"That's my son that's about to go, he's a soldier now, you know."

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

She made well sure her neighbors understood.

Verse 4

[Em]

She got a letter once in a while and her face broke into a smile

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

As she showed them to the people from next door.

[Em]

And she bragged about her son with his uniform and gun,

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

And these things she called a good old-fashioned war.

Chorus

[G] [D5/A] [Em]

Lord! Lord! Good old-fashioned war!

Verse 5

[Em]

Then the letters ceased to come, for a long time they did not come.

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

They ceased to come for about nine months or more.

[Em]

Then a letter finally came saying, "Go down and meet the train.

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

Your son's a-coming home from the war."

Verse 6

[Em]

She smiled and went right down, she looked up and all around

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

But she did not see her soldier son in sight.

[Em]

But as all the people passed, she saw her son at last,

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

When she did she could hardly believe her eyes.

Verse 7

[Em]

His face was all shot up and his hands were both blown off

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

And he wore a metal brace around his waist.

[Em]

He whispered kind of slow, in a voice she did not know,

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

While she couldn't even recognize his face!

Verse 8

[Em]

"Oh tell me my darling son, tell me what they done.

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

How is it that you've come to be this way?"

[Em]

He tried his best to talk as his mouth could hardly move.

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

And his mother had to turn her head away.

Verse 9

[Em]

"Don't you remember, Ma, when I went off to war

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

You thought it was the best thing I could do?

[Em]

I was on the battleground, you were home, actin' proud.

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

Thank God you wasn't standing in my shoes."

Verse 10

[Em]

"Lord, I thought when I was there, God, what am I doing here?

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

I'm tryin' to kill somebody or die tryin'.

[Em]

But the thing that scared me most was when my enemy came close,

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

And I saw that his face looked just like mine."

Chorus

[G] [D5/A] [Em]

Lord! Lord! Just like mine.

Verse 11

[Em]

"And I couldn not help but think, through the thunder rolling and stink,

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

That I was just a puppet in a play.

[Em]

And through the roar and smoke, the string it finally broke,

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

And a cannon ball it blew my eyes away."

Verse 12

[Em]

As he turned away to walk, his Ma was still in shock

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

At seein' the metal brace that helped him stand.

[Em]

But as he turned to go, he called his mother close

[D5/A] [A7] [Em]

And he dropped his medals down into her hand.

Chorus

[G] [D5/A] [Em]

Lord! Lord! Down to her hand.

Chords Used (4)

Guitar

Ukulele

Em

1 / 4

D5/A

N/A

A7

1 / 4

G

1 / 5

Song Info

Real Key

C

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