Chords for John Brown
Tempo:
100.05 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
A
C#
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Owen Brown was an abolitionist.
[A] John was Owen's son.
[E] [B] He grew up in New England.
[E] He was born in [F#m] Torrington.
[E] John Brown was a tanner and a man of many skills.
[B] He stood up for the workers [C#] who toiled in the [E] mills.
He stood up for the Indians.
He stood [B] up for the women, for the oppressed and the [E] exploited.
[A] This good [F#] man stood with them.
[E] So when Kansas was bleeding, he [B] went and joined the fray.
If the slave trade [E] wanted Kansas, [F#] the slave trade would have to pay.
[A] Riding through the [B] Kansas prairie [E] with a fine and [B] loyal band.
[C#m] Glory, [B]
hallelujah, Beecher's Bible [C#m] in his [B] hand.
[A] Glory, [B]
hallelujah, Beecher's Bible in [C#] his hand.
[B] With two thousand [E] of New England's [A] best and bravest sons, [B] Captain Brown fought in Kansas [C#] with a Bible and a gun.
When [B] Free Lawrence was on fire, [A] lighting up [E] the night, the [B]
ruffians would flee.
John [G#] Brown would [B] stand and fight.
[E] Lincoln called him a fanatic and he was a Christian [B] who thought you should do one to others as [F#] you'd have others do one to you.
Christ said, love [B] your neighbors [E] and if your neighbors held in slavery, he was one who felt his [F#] duty was to fight to set them free.
[E]
Riding through the Kansas prairie [A] with a fine and [B] loyal band.
[C#m]
Glory, [B] hallelujah, Beecher's Bible [E] in his [B] hand.
[E]
Glory, [B] hallelujah, Beecher's Bible [C#] in his hand.
[B] He [E] drove the slave trade out of Kansas, then rode to bordering Missouri.
[B] Raided the plantations, [C#] no compromise [B] said he.
Broke the chains and shackles, [E] rode at night to Canada.
[B] Out of the nightmare, the devil's home, America.
He [E] was caught in Harper's Ferry, [E] his family lying [B] dead.
They questioned him for [F#] hours as he lay there and bled.
[E] They hanged him on the gallows, they laid him [B] in his grave.
John Brown was a [F#] Christian and he died to free the slave.
[E] Riding through the Kansas prairie with [A] a fine [B] and loyal band.
[C#] Glory, [B]
hallelujah, Beecher's Bible in his hand.
[E] Glory, [B]
hallelujah, Beecher's Bible in [C#] his hand.
[N]
[A] John was Owen's son.
[E] [B] He grew up in New England.
[E] He was born in [F#m] Torrington.
[E] John Brown was a tanner and a man of many skills.
[B] He stood up for the workers [C#] who toiled in the [E] mills.
He stood up for the Indians.
He stood [B] up for the women, for the oppressed and the [E] exploited.
[A] This good [F#] man stood with them.
[E] So when Kansas was bleeding, he [B] went and joined the fray.
If the slave trade [E] wanted Kansas, [F#] the slave trade would have to pay.
[A] Riding through the [B] Kansas prairie [E] with a fine and [B] loyal band.
[C#m] Glory, [B]
hallelujah, Beecher's Bible [C#m] in his [B] hand.
[A] Glory, [B]
hallelujah, Beecher's Bible in [C#] his hand.
[B] With two thousand [E] of New England's [A] best and bravest sons, [B] Captain Brown fought in Kansas [C#] with a Bible and a gun.
When [B] Free Lawrence was on fire, [A] lighting up [E] the night, the [B]
ruffians would flee.
John [G#] Brown would [B] stand and fight.
[E] Lincoln called him a fanatic and he was a Christian [B] who thought you should do one to others as [F#] you'd have others do one to you.
Christ said, love [B] your neighbors [E] and if your neighbors held in slavery, he was one who felt his [F#] duty was to fight to set them free.
[E]
Riding through the Kansas prairie [A] with a fine and [B] loyal band.
[C#m]
Glory, [B] hallelujah, Beecher's Bible [E] in his [B] hand.
[E]
Glory, [B] hallelujah, Beecher's Bible [C#] in his hand.
[B] He [E] drove the slave trade out of Kansas, then rode to bordering Missouri.
[B] Raided the plantations, [C#] no compromise [B] said he.
Broke the chains and shackles, [E] rode at night to Canada.
[B] Out of the nightmare, the devil's home, America.
He [E] was caught in Harper's Ferry, [E] his family lying [B] dead.
They questioned him for [F#] hours as he lay there and bled.
[E] They hanged him on the gallows, they laid him [B] in his grave.
John Brown was a [F#] Christian and he died to free the slave.
[E] Riding through the Kansas prairie with [A] a fine [B] and loyal band.
[C#] Glory, [B]
hallelujah, Beecher's Bible in his hand.
[E] Glory, [B]
hallelujah, Beecher's Bible in [C#] his hand.
[N]
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_ _ _ Owen Brown was an abolitionist.
[A] John was Owen's son.
[E] [B] He grew up in New England.
[E] He was born in [F#m] Torrington.
_ [E] John Brown was a tanner and a man of many skills.
[B] He stood up for the workers [C#] who toiled in the [E] mills.
He stood up for the Indians.
He stood [B] up for the women, for the oppressed and the [E] exploited.
[A] This good [F#] man stood with them.
[E] So when Kansas was bleeding, he [B] went and joined the fray.
If the slave trade [E] wanted Kansas, [F#] the slave trade would have to pay.
[A] _ Riding through the [B] Kansas prairie [E] with a fine and [B] loyal band.
_ [C#m] _ _ Glory, [B] _
hallelujah, _ _ Beecher's Bible [C#m] in his _ [B] hand.
[A] _ Glory, [B] _
hallelujah, _ _ _ Beecher's Bible in [C#] his hand.
_ _ _ _ [B] With two thousand [E] of New England's [A] best and bravest sons, [B] Captain Brown fought in Kansas [C#] with a Bible and a gun.
When [B] Free Lawrence was on fire, [A] lighting up [E] the night, the [B]
ruffians would flee.
John [G#] Brown would [B] stand and fight.
[E] Lincoln called him a fanatic and he was a Christian [B] who thought you should do one to others as [F#] you'd have others do one to you.
Christ said, love [B] your neighbors [E] and if your neighbors held in slavery, he was one who felt his [F#] duty was to fight to set them free.
[E] _
Riding through the Kansas prairie [A] with a fine and [B] loyal band.
_ [C#m] _
_ Glory, [B] _ hallelujah, _ _ Beecher's Bible [E] in his [B] hand.
[E] _
Glory, _ [B] hallelujah, _ _ _ Beecher's Bible [C#] in his hand. _ _ _
_ [B] He [E] drove the slave trade out of Kansas, then rode to bordering Missouri.
[B] Raided the plantations, [C#] no compromise [B] said he.
Broke the chains and shackles, [E] rode at night to Canada.
[B] Out of the nightmare, the devil's home, America.
He [E] was caught in Harper's Ferry, [E] his family lying [B] dead.
They questioned him for [F#] hours as he lay there and bled.
[E] They hanged him on the gallows, they laid him [B] in his grave.
John Brown was a [F#] Christian and he died to free the slave.
[E] _ Riding through the Kansas prairie with [A] a fine [B] and loyal _ band.
[C#] _ _ Glory, [B] _
hallelujah, _ _ Beecher's Bible in his hand.
_ [E] _ Glory, _ [B]
hallelujah, _ _ _ _ Beecher's Bible in [C#] his hand.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] John was Owen's son.
[E] [B] He grew up in New England.
[E] He was born in [F#m] Torrington.
_ [E] John Brown was a tanner and a man of many skills.
[B] He stood up for the workers [C#] who toiled in the [E] mills.
He stood up for the Indians.
He stood [B] up for the women, for the oppressed and the [E] exploited.
[A] This good [F#] man stood with them.
[E] So when Kansas was bleeding, he [B] went and joined the fray.
If the slave trade [E] wanted Kansas, [F#] the slave trade would have to pay.
[A] _ Riding through the [B] Kansas prairie [E] with a fine and [B] loyal band.
_ [C#m] _ _ Glory, [B] _
hallelujah, _ _ Beecher's Bible [C#m] in his _ [B] hand.
[A] _ Glory, [B] _
hallelujah, _ _ _ Beecher's Bible in [C#] his hand.
_ _ _ _ [B] With two thousand [E] of New England's [A] best and bravest sons, [B] Captain Brown fought in Kansas [C#] with a Bible and a gun.
When [B] Free Lawrence was on fire, [A] lighting up [E] the night, the [B]
ruffians would flee.
John [G#] Brown would [B] stand and fight.
[E] Lincoln called him a fanatic and he was a Christian [B] who thought you should do one to others as [F#] you'd have others do one to you.
Christ said, love [B] your neighbors [E] and if your neighbors held in slavery, he was one who felt his [F#] duty was to fight to set them free.
[E] _
Riding through the Kansas prairie [A] with a fine and [B] loyal band.
_ [C#m] _
_ Glory, [B] _ hallelujah, _ _ Beecher's Bible [E] in his [B] hand.
[E] _
Glory, _ [B] hallelujah, _ _ _ Beecher's Bible [C#] in his hand. _ _ _
_ [B] He [E] drove the slave trade out of Kansas, then rode to bordering Missouri.
[B] Raided the plantations, [C#] no compromise [B] said he.
Broke the chains and shackles, [E] rode at night to Canada.
[B] Out of the nightmare, the devil's home, America.
He [E] was caught in Harper's Ferry, [E] his family lying [B] dead.
They questioned him for [F#] hours as he lay there and bled.
[E] They hanged him on the gallows, they laid him [B] in his grave.
John Brown was a [F#] Christian and he died to free the slave.
[E] _ Riding through the Kansas prairie with [A] a fine [B] and loyal _ band.
[C#] _ _ Glory, [B] _
hallelujah, _ _ Beecher's Bible in his hand.
_ [E] _ Glory, _ [B]
hallelujah, _ _ _ _ Beecher's Bible in [C#] his hand.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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