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Handsome Johnny Chords

Music by: Richie Havens
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[Intro 1]
[D][C]

[Verse 1]
[G]Hey, look yon[A]der,
tell [D]me what's that you [C]see
[G]Marching to the [A]fields of Con[D]cord?
[C]It [G]looks like Hand[A]some Johnny
with a [D]musket in his [A]hand,
Marching to the Concord [D]war,
[A]hey marching to the Concord war.
[D][C]

[Verse 2]
[G]Hey, look yon[A]der,
tell [D]me what you [C]see
[G]Marching to the [A]fields of [D]Gettysburg?
[C]It [G]looks like Hand[A]some Johnny
[D]with a flintlock in [A]his hand,
Marching to the Gettysburg [D]war,
[A]hey marching to the Gettysburg war.

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][A][D][A]
[D][C][G][A][D][A]
[D][C][D]

[Verse 3]
[G]Hey, look [A]yonder,
tell [D]me what's that [C]you see
[G]Marching to [A]the fields of [D]Dunkirk?
[C]It loo[G]ks like Handsom[A]e Johnny
with a [D]carbine in his [A]hand,
Marching to the Dunkirk [D]war,
[A]hey marching to the Dunkirk war.
[D][C]

[Verse 4]
[G]Hey, look [A]yonder, tell [D]me what you see
[C]Mar[G]ching to the fie[A]lds of Kor[D]ea?
[C]It loo[G]ks like Handsom[A]e Johnny
[D]with an M1 in [A]his hand,
Marching to the Korean [D]war, [A]hey marching to the Korean [D]war.

[Interlude 2]
[C][D]
[G][A][D][A][D]
[G][A][D][A][Bm]
[A][D][C][D][C][D][C]
[D]

[Verse 5]
[G]Hey, [A]look yonder,
tell [D]me what you [C]see
[G]Marching to [A]the fields of Vi[D]etnam?
[C]It loo[G]ks like Handsom[A]e Johnny
with [D]an [A]M15,
Marching to the Vietnam [D]war,
hey [A]marching to the Vietnam war.
[D][C][D][C]

[Verse 6]
[G]Hey, [A]look yonder,
tell [D]me what you [C]see
[G]Marching to the [A]fields of Birm[D]ingham?[C]
It [G]looks like Hand[A]some Johnny with
[D]his hand rolled [A]in a fist,
Marching to the Birmingham [D]war,
[A]hey marching to the Birmingham [D]war.

[Verse 7]
Hey, it's a long hard [D]road,
it's a long hard road,
It's a long hard road,
[C]before we'll be free.

[Verse 8]
[G]Hey, what's the [A]use [D]of singing this song,
[G]some of you are [A]not even [D]listening.
[G]Tell me what [A]it [D]is we've got [A]to do:
wait for our fields to [D]start glistening,
[A]Wait for the bullets to sta[D]rt whistling.
[G]Here comes a h[A]ydrogen bomb[D],
[C]her[G]e comes a gui[A]ded missil[D]e,[C]
[G]Here comes a [A]hydrogen[D][A][D][A]

[Outro 1]
bomb: I can almost hear its whistle.
[D]
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