Chords for Clifton Hicks German War

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_ _ _ I'm all you good people, _ whomever you may be.
I hope you'll pay attention and listen on to me.
_ _ _ My name don't make no difference, but the truth to you I'll tell.
I am a brave volunteer, _ and I'm sure I'll bless you well. _ _ _ _
At the age of 16, well I joined that army grand.
_ We left old Kentucky, and we sailed to a foreign land. _
_ _ Our captain he informed us, and I'm sure he thought it right.
Before the morning comes boys, I'm sure you'll have to fight.
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Well I saw them Germans coming, and I heard them give the yell.
My feelings at that moment, no human's tongue can tell. _
_ _ _ I saw their shining rifles, and their bullets round me flew.
_ Now all my strength had left me, and all my courage too. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ We fought throughout the morning, _ before the battle was done.
_ The dead and the dying, lay under the bloody sun. _ _ _
_ And when the fight was over, and the Germans they had fled.
_ We laid down our rifles, and we counted up our dead. _
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_ _ _ The sun it was the same, all across that bloody plain. _
Now all of us was wounded, our noble captain slain.
_ _ _ And then I thought of mother, who asked me for to stay. _
And not to go to strangers, _ and sail so far away. _ _ _ _ _
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Well I've been in the midst of battle, _ and I know it's harshness well.
_ I've been across that great ocean, and I've rode down the streets of hell.
_ _ _ I've lived a life of misery, and I've been where death he roam.
I'll tell you from experience boys, you had [G] better stay [D] at home.
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_ [A] _ Hey, you good school?
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_ _ There's another verse that's like, [Fm] dude, used to make me cry, man.
It reminds [F#] me of my buddy that got killed.
It's a verse about his buddy getting killed in the trenches or whatever.
Oh man, [G] that used to mess me up.