Chords for The Willing Conscript

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Oh, Sergeant, I'm a [Eb] draftee and [Bb] I've just arrived in camp.
I've come to wear the uniform [F] and join the [Bb] marshal tramp.
And I [Eb] want to do my duty, [Eb] but one [Bb] thing I do [F] implore.
You must give [Bb] me lessons, Sergeant, [C] for I've never [Bb] killed before.
To do my job obediently [F] is all that I [Bb] desire.
To learn my weapon thoroughly and how to aim and fire.
To [Eb] learn to kill [Bb] the enemy and then to [G] slaughter more.
[Bb] Oh, I'll need instruction, Sergeant, [F] for I've never [Bb] killed before. _
Now there are rumors [Eb] in the [Bb] camp about our enemy.
They say that when you [Eb] see him [Bb] he looks just like you and me.
[Eb] But you [Bb] deny it, Sergeant, and you are a man of war.
So you must give me [Eb] lessons, [F] for I've never [Bb] killed before.
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Now there are several [Eb] lessons [Bb] that I haven't mastered yet.
I haven't got the [Eb] hang of [Bb] how to use the bayonet.
[Eb] If he doesn't [Bb] die at once, am [Eb] I to stick him with it more?
Oh, [Bb] I hope you will be [Eb] patient, [Bb] for I've never killed before.
And the hand grenade is [Eb] something [Bb] that I just don't understand.
You've got to throw it [Eb] quickly [Bb] or you're apt to lose your hand.
[Eb] Does it blow a [Bb] man to pieces with [Eb] its wicked muffled roar?
[F] Oh, I've got [Bb] so much to learn, [Eb] because [Bb] I've never killed before.
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Well, I want to thank you, [Eb] Sergeant, [Bb] for the help you've been to me.
You've taught me how to [Eb] kill and how [Bb] to hate the enemy.
And I know that I'll be ready [Eb] when they march me off to war.
[Bb] And I know that it won't [Eb] matter [Bb] that I've never killed before.
I know that it won't [Eb] matter [Bb] that I've never killed before. _ _ _ _ _ _ _