John Brown {Live at Town Hall 1912} (12/25) - Elston Gunnn Chords

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_ [E] _ _ When John Brown went off to war To fight on a foreign shore
_ His mama [Em] sure [B] was [E] proud of him _ He stood so straight and tall
In [B] his uniform [E] and all _ His mama's [B] face broke out [E] to a grin
_ _ _ Oh son you look so fine I'm glad you're a son of mine _ _
You [B] make me proud to know you [E] hold a gun _ _ Do what the captain says
Lots of medals you will get _ And we'll put them on the [A] wall when you [E] come home
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When that old train pulled out [Bm] John's mama [E] gonna shout
_ _ _ [A] Telling everybody in [E] the neighborhood _ That's my son that's about to go
He's a stranger and he's a soldier now you know
She [Em] made well [F#m] sure her neighbors [E] understood _ She [Em] _ [F#m] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ got a letter once in a while
[D] Her face broke [E] into a smile As she showed them to the people from next door
_ And she bragged about her son With his uniform and gun _
And this [A] thing she called a [E] good old fashioned war
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_ _ Lord, [Bm] [F#m] good old [E]
fashioned war
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_ _ _ And the letters ceased to come For a long time they did not come
They [Em] ceased to come for [Bm] about [E] nine months or more
_ When the letter finally came [A] Saying go down and [E] meet the train _
Your son's a coming home from the war _
_ _ _ _ She smiled and went right down She looked up and all around
_ But she did not see her soldier's son in sight
_ But as all the people passed She saw her son at last
When she did she could hardly believe her eyes
_ Oh his face was all shot up And his hand was all blown off
[A] As he wore a metal brace [E] around his waist
He whispered kind of slow [A] In a voice she did [E] not know
While she could [A] not even [E] recognize his face _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Lord, recognize [E] his face
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_ _ _ _ _ Tell me my darling son Great tell me what they've done _ _
[A] How is it that you've come to be this [E] way
_ As _ he tried his best to talk But his mouth could hardly move
And his mother [A] had to turn her [E] face away _
_ _ _ _ Don't you remember Ma When I went off to war
You thought it was the best thing I could do
_ I was on the battleground You were home acting proud
Thank God you wasn't standing in my shoes
_ Cause I thought when I was there God what am I doing here
_ I'm trying to kill somebody or die trying
But _ the thing that scared me most Was when my enemy came so close
[C#] And I saw that [E] his face looked just like mine
_ [Em] _ _ _ [F#m] Lord, Lord, _ [E] just like mine
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And I could not help but think Through the thunder sound instinct
That I was just a puppet in a play
And through the roar and smoke The string had finally broke
And a cannon ball blew my eyes away _ _
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As he turned away to walk [A] His Ma was [E] still in [Em] shock
Seeing [Bm] the metal brace [Em] that helped him stop
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_ _ But as he turned to go He called his mother close
And [G] he dropped his medals down into [E] her hand
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Lord, [F#m] Lord, [E] out of her _ hand
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