Chords for Tom Lehrer: It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier (studio solo) (1959)
Tempo:
124.6 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Am
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[Am] [G]
The heart of every man in our platoon must [E] swell with pride, [Am] for the nation's youth,
the cream of which is marching at [D] his side, for the [Em] fascinating rules and [Am] regulations
that we [D] share, and the quaint and curious [A] costumes that we're called [D] upon to wear.
[G] [B] [F] [G]
[C] Now Al joined up to do his part, defending you and me.
He wants to fight and bleed and [G] kill and die [G] for liberty.
[C] With the hell of war [E] he's come to grips, [F] policing up [Ebm] the filter tips.
It makes a fella proud to be a soldier.
[D] [C] When Pete was only in the seventh grade, he stabbed a cop.
He's real R.A. material, and he was [G] glad to swap [C] his switchblade and his old [F] zip gun for
a bayonet and a new M1.
It makes a [Am] fella proud to be a [C] soldier.
[F] After Johnny [G] got through basic [C] training, he was a [G] soldier through and through when he [C] was done.
Its [F] effects were [G] so well-rooted [C] that the next day he [Am] saluted a [D] good humor man, an usher,
[G] and a nun.
[C] Now Fred's an intellectual, brings a book to every meal.
He likes the deep [G] philosophers, like Norman Vincent Peale.
[C] He thinks the [E] Army's just the [F] thing because he finds it broadening.
It makes a fella [Am] proud to be a [C] soldier.
[G]
[C] Now Ed flunked out of second grade and never finished school.
He doesn't know a [G] shelter half from an entrenching tool, [C] but he's going to [Gm] be a big [F] success.
He heads his [C] class at OCS.
It makes a [G] fella [Am] proud to be a [G] soldier.
[C] Our old mess sergeant's taste buds had been shot off in the war, but his savory [G] collations
add to our esprit de corps.
[C] To think of [E] all the marvelous [F] ways they're using [C] plastics nowadays.
It makes a [G] fella [Am] proud to be a [C] soldier.
[F] Our lieutenant [G] is the up-and [C]-coming type.
[F] Played with soldiers as [G] a boy, you just [C] can bet.
It [F] is written in the stars, [Am] he will get his captain's bars, but he [D] hasn't got enough box [F] tops yet.
[C] Our captain has a handicap to cope with, sad to tell.
He's from Georgia, and he doesn't [G] speak the language very well.
[C] He used to be, so rumor has, [F] the dean of men at Alcatraz.
It [Gb] makes a fella [F] proud to be what as a kid [A] I vowed to be, what luck to be [Am] allowed to
[Dm] be a
[C] soldier.
[Bb] At ease.
[C] [Dm]
[D]
[Bb]
[N]
[F] [Bb]
[Am] [G]
The heart of every man in our platoon must [E] swell with pride, [Am] for the nation's youth,
the cream of which is marching at [D] his side, for the [Em] fascinating rules and [Am] regulations
that we [D] share, and the quaint and curious [A] costumes that we're called [D] upon to wear.
[G] [B] [F] [G]
[C] Now Al joined up to do his part, defending you and me.
He wants to fight and bleed and [G] kill and die [G] for liberty.
[C] With the hell of war [E] he's come to grips, [F] policing up [Ebm] the filter tips.
It makes a fella proud to be a soldier.
[D] [C] When Pete was only in the seventh grade, he stabbed a cop.
He's real R.A. material, and he was [G] glad to swap [C] his switchblade and his old [F] zip gun for
a bayonet and a new M1.
It makes a [Am] fella proud to be a [C] soldier.
[F] After Johnny [G] got through basic [C] training, he was a [G] soldier through and through when he [C] was done.
Its [F] effects were [G] so well-rooted [C] that the next day he [Am] saluted a [D] good humor man, an usher,
[G] and a nun.
[C] Now Fred's an intellectual, brings a book to every meal.
He likes the deep [G] philosophers, like Norman Vincent Peale.
[C] He thinks the [E] Army's just the [F] thing because he finds it broadening.
It makes a fella [Am] proud to be a [C] soldier.
[G]
[C] Now Ed flunked out of second grade and never finished school.
He doesn't know a [G] shelter half from an entrenching tool, [C] but he's going to [Gm] be a big [F] success.
He heads his [C] class at OCS.
It makes a [G] fella [Am] proud to be a [G] soldier.
[C] Our old mess sergeant's taste buds had been shot off in the war, but his savory [G] collations
add to our esprit de corps.
[C] To think of [E] all the marvelous [F] ways they're using [C] plastics nowadays.
It makes a [G] fella [Am] proud to be a [C] soldier.
[F] Our lieutenant [G] is the up-and [C]-coming type.
[F] Played with soldiers as [G] a boy, you just [C] can bet.
It [F] is written in the stars, [Am] he will get his captain's bars, but he [D] hasn't got enough box [F] tops yet.
[C] Our captain has a handicap to cope with, sad to tell.
He's from Georgia, and he doesn't [G] speak the language very well.
[C] He used to be, so rumor has, [F] the dean of men at Alcatraz.
It [Gb] makes a fella [F] proud to be what as a kid [A] I vowed to be, what luck to be [Am] allowed to
[Dm] be a
[C] soldier.
[Bb] At ease.
[C] [Dm]
[D]
[Bb]
[N]
Key:
C
G
F
Am
D
C
G
F
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
The heart of every man in our platoon must [E] swell with pride, [Am] for the nation's youth,
the cream of which is marching at [D] his side, for the [Em] fascinating rules and [Am] regulations
that we [D] share, and the quaint and curious [A] costumes that we're called [D] upon to wear.
[G] _ _ [B] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ Now Al joined up to do his part, defending you and me.
He wants to fight and bleed and [G] kill and die [G] for liberty.
[C] With the hell of war [E] he's come to grips, [F] policing up [Ebm] the filter tips.
It makes a fella proud to be a soldier.
[D] [C] When Pete was only in the seventh grade, he stabbed a cop.
He's real R.A. material, and he was [G] glad to swap [C] his switchblade and his old [F] zip gun for
a bayonet and a new M1.
It makes a [Am] fella proud to be a [C] soldier.
[F] After Johnny [G] got through basic [C] training, he was a [G] soldier through and through when he [C] was done.
_ Its [F] effects were [G] so well-rooted [C] that the next day he [Am] saluted a [D] good humor man, an usher,
[G] and a nun.
_ [C] Now Fred's an intellectual, brings a book to every meal.
He likes the deep [G] philosophers, like Norman Vincent Peale.
[C] He thinks the [E] Army's just the [F] thing because he finds it broadening.
It makes a fella [Am] proud to be a [C] soldier.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Now Ed flunked out of second grade and never finished school.
He doesn't know a [G] shelter half from an entrenching tool, [C] but he's going to [Gm] be a big [F] success.
He heads his [C] class at OCS.
It makes a [G] fella [Am] proud to be a [G] soldier.
[C] Our old mess sergeant's taste buds had been shot off in the war, but his savory [G] collations
add to our esprit de corps.
[C] To think of [E] all the marvelous [F] ways they're using [C] plastics nowadays.
It makes a [G] fella [Am] proud to be a [C] soldier.
[F] Our lieutenant [G] is the up-and [C]-coming type.
_ [F] Played with soldiers as [G] a boy, you just [C] can bet. _
It [F] is written in the stars, [Am] he will get his captain's bars, but he [D] hasn't got enough box [F] tops yet. _
[C] Our captain has a handicap to cope with, sad to tell.
He's from Georgia, and he doesn't [G] speak the language very well.
[C] He used to be, so rumor has, [F] the dean of men at Alcatraz.
It [Gb] makes a fella [F] proud to be what as a kid [A] I vowed to be, what luck to be [Am] allowed to
[Dm] be a _ _
[C] soldier.
_ [Bb] At ease. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
The heart of every man in our platoon must [E] swell with pride, [Am] for the nation's youth,
the cream of which is marching at [D] his side, for the [Em] fascinating rules and [Am] regulations
that we [D] share, and the quaint and curious [A] costumes that we're called [D] upon to wear.
[G] _ _ [B] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ Now Al joined up to do his part, defending you and me.
He wants to fight and bleed and [G] kill and die [G] for liberty.
[C] With the hell of war [E] he's come to grips, [F] policing up [Ebm] the filter tips.
It makes a fella proud to be a soldier.
[D] [C] When Pete was only in the seventh grade, he stabbed a cop.
He's real R.A. material, and he was [G] glad to swap [C] his switchblade and his old [F] zip gun for
a bayonet and a new M1.
It makes a [Am] fella proud to be a [C] soldier.
[F] After Johnny [G] got through basic [C] training, he was a [G] soldier through and through when he [C] was done.
_ Its [F] effects were [G] so well-rooted [C] that the next day he [Am] saluted a [D] good humor man, an usher,
[G] and a nun.
_ [C] Now Fred's an intellectual, brings a book to every meal.
He likes the deep [G] philosophers, like Norman Vincent Peale.
[C] He thinks the [E] Army's just the [F] thing because he finds it broadening.
It makes a fella [Am] proud to be a [C] soldier.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Now Ed flunked out of second grade and never finished school.
He doesn't know a [G] shelter half from an entrenching tool, [C] but he's going to [Gm] be a big [F] success.
He heads his [C] class at OCS.
It makes a [G] fella [Am] proud to be a [G] soldier.
[C] Our old mess sergeant's taste buds had been shot off in the war, but his savory [G] collations
add to our esprit de corps.
[C] To think of [E] all the marvelous [F] ways they're using [C] plastics nowadays.
It makes a [G] fella [Am] proud to be a [C] soldier.
[F] Our lieutenant [G] is the up-and [C]-coming type.
_ [F] Played with soldiers as [G] a boy, you just [C] can bet. _
It [F] is written in the stars, [Am] he will get his captain's bars, but he [D] hasn't got enough box [F] tops yet. _
[C] Our captain has a handicap to cope with, sad to tell.
He's from Georgia, and he doesn't [G] speak the language very well.
[C] He used to be, so rumor has, [F] the dean of men at Alcatraz.
It [Gb] makes a fella [F] proud to be what as a kid [A] I vowed to be, what luck to be [Am] allowed to
[Dm] be a _ _
[C] soldier.
_ [Bb] At ease. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _