Chords for John Denver with The Mitchell Trio - The John Birch Society (Live 1968)
Tempo:
88.35 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Bb
Dm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] [F] Now we're meeting at the courthouse at 8 o'clock tonight.
You just come in the door and take the first [C] turn to the right.
Be [A] careful when you get there, we'd hate to [Dm] be bereft.
But we're [Bb] taking down the names of everybody [B] turning left.
We're [C] the John Birch [F] Society, the John Birch Society.
[C] Here to save our [F] country from a communistic block.
[C] Join the John Birch Society, [Dm] help us build a ranks.
[Bb] To get this movement started we need lots of [F] tools and cranks.
Now there's no one that we're certain the Kremlin doesn't touch.
We think that Ronald Reagan doth protest a bit [C] too much.
We only hail the [A] hero from whom we got our name.
[F] We don't know what he did, [Db] but he's our hero just the same.
[C] Oh, we're the John Birch Society, [F] the John Birch Society.
[C] Sorcalism is the ism, [F] [C] dismalest of all.
Join the John Birch Society, there's so [Dm] much to do.
Have you [Bb] heard they're serving vodka [A] at the [F] WCTU?
Now you've heard about the agents that we've already named.
Well GAC has agents that are flatly unashamed.
[A] We're [Dm] after Rosie Clutchie, we've gotten Pinky Lee.
[Bb] And the day we get Red [C] Skelton, won't that be victory?
Oh, we're the John Birch Society, [F] the John Birch Society.
[C] Norman Fitzenfield may think he's getting us along.
But the [C] John Birch Society knows [Dm] he's spilled the [Bb] beans.
He keeps on preaching brotherhood, but we [F] know what he means.
Now we'll teach you how to spot [C] him in the cities or [F] the sticks.
For even old Zanesville is just [G] full of Bolsheviks.
[Dm] The CIA's subvert, and so's the FCC.
There's no [F] one left but [C] thee and we, and we're not sure of thee.
Oh, we're the John Birch Society, [F] the John Birch Society.
Here to save our country from [Dm] a communistic plot.
[C] Join the John Birch Society, holding [Dm] off the Reds.
We'll [Bb] use our heads and hearts, and if we must, we'll [F] use our heads.
Oh, beautiful [C] for spacious skies.
Do you want General Hershey to be your commissar?
[Gm] [C]
Do [F] you want Mrs.
Brezhnev in there with the D.A.R.?
[Gm] You cannot trust your neighbor, or [D] even next of [A] kin.
If [Eb] mommy is a commie, then [C] you gotta turn her in.
[G]
Oh, [C] we're the John Birch Society, [F] the John Birch Society.
Fighting for the [F] right to fight the right fight for the right.
[C] Join the John Birch Society as we're marching on.
[Bb] We'll all be glad to see you when we're beating [D] in the John, in [Bb] the John, [G] in the John Birch [F] Society.
You just come in the door and take the first [C] turn to the right.
Be [A] careful when you get there, we'd hate to [Dm] be bereft.
But we're [Bb] taking down the names of everybody [B] turning left.
We're [C] the John Birch [F] Society, the John Birch Society.
[C] Here to save our [F] country from a communistic block.
[C] Join the John Birch Society, [Dm] help us build a ranks.
[Bb] To get this movement started we need lots of [F] tools and cranks.
Now there's no one that we're certain the Kremlin doesn't touch.
We think that Ronald Reagan doth protest a bit [C] too much.
We only hail the [A] hero from whom we got our name.
[F] We don't know what he did, [Db] but he's our hero just the same.
[C] Oh, we're the John Birch Society, [F] the John Birch Society.
[C] Sorcalism is the ism, [F] [C] dismalest of all.
Join the John Birch Society, there's so [Dm] much to do.
Have you [Bb] heard they're serving vodka [A] at the [F] WCTU?
Now you've heard about the agents that we've already named.
Well GAC has agents that are flatly unashamed.
[A] We're [Dm] after Rosie Clutchie, we've gotten Pinky Lee.
[Bb] And the day we get Red [C] Skelton, won't that be victory?
Oh, we're the John Birch Society, [F] the John Birch Society.
[C] Norman Fitzenfield may think he's getting us along.
But the [C] John Birch Society knows [Dm] he's spilled the [Bb] beans.
He keeps on preaching brotherhood, but we [F] know what he means.
Now we'll teach you how to spot [C] him in the cities or [F] the sticks.
For even old Zanesville is just [G] full of Bolsheviks.
[Dm] The CIA's subvert, and so's the FCC.
There's no [F] one left but [C] thee and we, and we're not sure of thee.
Oh, we're the John Birch Society, [F] the John Birch Society.
Here to save our country from [Dm] a communistic plot.
[C] Join the John Birch Society, holding [Dm] off the Reds.
We'll [Bb] use our heads and hearts, and if we must, we'll [F] use our heads.
Oh, beautiful [C] for spacious skies.
Do you want General Hershey to be your commissar?
[Gm] [C]
Do [F] you want Mrs.
Brezhnev in there with the D.A.R.?
[Gm] You cannot trust your neighbor, or [D] even next of [A] kin.
If [Eb] mommy is a commie, then [C] you gotta turn her in.
[G]
Oh, [C] we're the John Birch Society, [F] the John Birch Society.
Fighting for the [F] right to fight the right fight for the right.
[C] Join the John Birch Society as we're marching on.
[Bb] We'll all be glad to see you when we're beating [D] in the John, in [Bb] the John, [G] in the John Birch [F] Society.
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] Now we're meeting at the courthouse at 8 o'clock tonight.
You just come in the door and take the first [C] turn to the right.
Be [A] careful when you get there, we'd hate to [Dm] be bereft.
But we're [Bb] taking down the names of everybody [B] turning left.
We're [C] the John Birch [F] Society, the John Birch Society.
[C] Here to save our [F] country from a communistic block.
[C] Join the John Birch Society, [Dm] help us build a ranks.
[Bb] To get this movement started we need lots of [F] tools and cranks.
Now there's no one that we're certain the Kremlin doesn't touch.
We think that Ronald Reagan doth protest a bit [C] too much.
We only hail the [A] hero from whom we got our name.
[F] We don't know what he did, [Db] but he's our hero just the same.
[C] Oh, we're the John Birch Society, [F] the John Birch Society.
[C] Sorcalism is the ism, [F] [C] dismalest of all.
Join the John Birch Society, there's so [Dm] much to do.
Have you [Bb] heard they're serving vodka [A] at the [F] WCTU?
Now you've heard about the agents that we've already named.
Well GAC has agents that are flatly unashamed.
[A] We're [Dm] after Rosie Clutchie, we've gotten Pinky Lee.
[Bb] And the day we get Red [C] Skelton, won't that be victory?
Oh, we're the John Birch Society, [F] the John Birch Society.
[C] Norman Fitzenfield may think he's getting us along.
But the [C] John Birch Society knows [Dm] he's spilled the [Bb] beans.
He keeps on preaching brotherhood, but we [F] know what he means.
Now we'll teach you how to spot [C] him in the cities or [F] the sticks.
For even old Zanesville is just [G] full of Bolsheviks.
[Dm] The CIA's subvert, and so's the FCC.
There's no [F] one left but [C] thee and we, and we're not sure of thee.
Oh, we're the John Birch Society, [F] the John Birch Society.
Here to save our country from [Dm] a communistic plot.
[C] Join the John Birch Society, holding [Dm] off the Reds.
We'll [Bb] use our heads and hearts, and if we must, we'll [F] use our heads. _
Oh, beautiful [C] for spacious skies.
Do you want General Hershey to be your commissar?
[Gm] _ [C]
Do [F] you want Mrs.
Brezhnev in there with the D.A.R.?
[Gm] You cannot trust your neighbor, or [D] even next of [A] kin.
_ If [Eb] mommy is a commie, then [C] you gotta turn her in.
_ [G] _ _
_ Oh, [C] we're the John Birch Society, [F] the John Birch Society.
Fighting for the [F] right to fight the right fight for the right.
[C] Join the John Birch Society as we're marching on.
[Bb] We'll all be glad to see you when we're beating [D] in the John, in [Bb] the John, [G] in the John Birch _ [F] Society. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
You just come in the door and take the first [C] turn to the right.
Be [A] careful when you get there, we'd hate to [Dm] be bereft.
But we're [Bb] taking down the names of everybody [B] turning left.
We're [C] the John Birch [F] Society, the John Birch Society.
[C] Here to save our [F] country from a communistic block.
[C] Join the John Birch Society, [Dm] help us build a ranks.
[Bb] To get this movement started we need lots of [F] tools and cranks.
Now there's no one that we're certain the Kremlin doesn't touch.
We think that Ronald Reagan doth protest a bit [C] too much.
We only hail the [A] hero from whom we got our name.
[F] We don't know what he did, [Db] but he's our hero just the same.
[C] Oh, we're the John Birch Society, [F] the John Birch Society.
[C] Sorcalism is the ism, [F] [C] dismalest of all.
Join the John Birch Society, there's so [Dm] much to do.
Have you [Bb] heard they're serving vodka [A] at the [F] WCTU?
Now you've heard about the agents that we've already named.
Well GAC has agents that are flatly unashamed.
[A] We're [Dm] after Rosie Clutchie, we've gotten Pinky Lee.
[Bb] And the day we get Red [C] Skelton, won't that be victory?
Oh, we're the John Birch Society, [F] the John Birch Society.
[C] Norman Fitzenfield may think he's getting us along.
But the [C] John Birch Society knows [Dm] he's spilled the [Bb] beans.
He keeps on preaching brotherhood, but we [F] know what he means.
Now we'll teach you how to spot [C] him in the cities or [F] the sticks.
For even old Zanesville is just [G] full of Bolsheviks.
[Dm] The CIA's subvert, and so's the FCC.
There's no [F] one left but [C] thee and we, and we're not sure of thee.
Oh, we're the John Birch Society, [F] the John Birch Society.
Here to save our country from [Dm] a communistic plot.
[C] Join the John Birch Society, holding [Dm] off the Reds.
We'll [Bb] use our heads and hearts, and if we must, we'll [F] use our heads. _
Oh, beautiful [C] for spacious skies.
Do you want General Hershey to be your commissar?
[Gm] _ [C]
Do [F] you want Mrs.
Brezhnev in there with the D.A.R.?
[Gm] You cannot trust your neighbor, or [D] even next of [A] kin.
_ If [Eb] mommy is a commie, then [C] you gotta turn her in.
_ [G] _ _
_ Oh, [C] we're the John Birch Society, [F] the John Birch Society.
Fighting for the [F] right to fight the right fight for the right.
[C] Join the John Birch Society as we're marching on.
[Bb] We'll all be glad to see you when we're beating [D] in the John, in [Bb] the John, [G] in the John Birch _ [F] Society. _ _ _
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