Chords for The Body of an American

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_ _ The _ _ [F] Cadillac stood by [C] the house and the [F] yanks they were with him
And the tanker [Am] boys [F] they hissed advice [C] of war with [G] a hen
_ When [C] we turned and shook as we had a look in the room where the dead man [G] lay
_ _ [C] Something Jim Dwyer [F] made his [C] last trip to the shores where his father's laid
But fifteen minutes later [F] we had our first [C] taste of whiskey
There was uncles giving [F] lectures on ancient [G] Irish history
[F] The men all started telling [C] jokes and the women [G] lay gone [C] frisky
By five o'clock in the evening [F] every bastard [G] there was pesky
[C] Fare thee well [G] gone away there's nothing [C] left to [F] say
Farewell to New York City boys to Boston [G] and PA
[F] He took them out with a well hung [C] clout and they all went [G] and heard him say
[C] I'm a free born man [G] of the [C] USA
He fought the champ in Pittsburgh [F] and he slashed [C] him to the ground
He took on Tiny Tug [F] Nella and it only [G] went one round
[F] He never had no time [C] for reds for drink or [G] die so hard
[C] But he never threw a fight when the fight [F] was right so they sent [G] him to the war
[C] Fare thee well gone away there's nothing [C] left to [F] say
West Lawn to John and [C] Erringal my love's [G] an American
[F] The calling of the Rosary [G] Spanish wine from far away
[C] I'm a [F] free born man [G] of the [C] USA _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ [C] This morning on the harbour when I said goodbye
I _ remember now I swore that [F] I'd come back to [G] you one day
[F] And as the sunset came to meet [C] the evening [G] on a hill
[C] I told you I'd always love you I [F] always did I [G] always will
Fare thee well gone away there's nothing [C] left to say
[F] But a sigh of June to your [C] eyes as blue as the water in [G] the bay
[F] The big Jim Tord a man of war [C] who was [G] never heard to say
[C] I'm a free born man of [G] the [C] USA
I'm a free born man of [G] the USA
[C] I'm a free born [G] man of the [C] USA _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ free born man of the USA
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