Soldiers Joy Chords

by Jimmy Driftwood
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Author roger4real [a] 75. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

Chords

G
D
C

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As far as I can tell there is no C in the first verse
of the chorus, as bad as I want to put one in there.
 
The intro and GDGG at the end of the chorus is my best
guess on how to follow the mandolin (turn-around?) part.
 
If this is wrong, please help me fix it!
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Soldier's Joy
By Jimmy Driftwood
 
*** Repeat the chorus after every verse. ***
 
INTO:
 
G D G G
 
 
VERSE 1:
 
G                              C
Some continental soldiers on a bivouac
 
G                            D
Were playing stud poker in a mountain shack
 
G                         C
But every vigilante threw down his hand, when the
 
D                           G
Captain of the guard gave a sharp command, oh
 
 
CHORUS:
 
G
Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up the bow
 
G                         D
Johnny tune your banjo up we're gonna have a show
 
G                            C
Billy pass the jug around to Corporal McCoy
 
D                              G             G D G G
We're gonna have a tune called Soldier's Joy
 
 
VERSE 2:
 
G                       C
The girls in Boston are dancin' tonight
 
G                            D
The gall-derned Redcoats are holding them tight
 
G                         C
When we get there we will show them how
 
D                         G
but that ain't a doin' us no good now, so
 
 
VERSE 3:
 
G                  C
There goes General Washington
 
G                       D
He's got his horse in a sweeping run
 
G                         C
The barefooted boys are a beggin' to fight, and
 
D                              G
we're gonna cross the Delaware River tonight, so
 
 
VERSE 4:
 
G                   C
Old Burgoyne in the wilderness
 
G                  D
Got his army in an awful mess
 
G                          C
The farmers got mad at the British and Huns, and
 
D                            G
captured ten thousand of the son of a guns, so
 
 
VERSE 5:
 
G                     C
John Paul Jones in an old tin can
 
G                        D
Scoured the ocean like a fightin' man
 
G                             C
The British said Paul are you ready to strike
 
D                      G
and Paul said I'm just beginnin' to fight, so
 
 
VERSE 6:
 
G                      C
General Washington and Rochanbeau
 
G                          D
Drinkin' their wine in the campfire's glow
 
G                     C
Big Dan Morgan came a gallopin' in, and said
 
D                        G
We got Cornwallis in the old Cowpens, so
 
 
VERSE 7:
 
G                      C
Wake up buddy have you heard the news
 
G                        D
Grandma Britain's got an awful bruise
 
G                      C
The Redcoats cried and cursed Yorktown, while the
 
D                              G
band played The World's Turned Upside Down, so
 
 
VERSE 8:
 
G                       C
A homemade fiddle and a mandolin
 
G                  D
An old banjo and a tambourine
 
G                        C
A big dumb bully for the drummer boy
 
D                           G
Everybody loves to hear the Soldier's Joy, so
 
 
ENDING:
 
D                        G
Gonna have a tune called Soldier's Joy
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grey_triker1
Many thanks for this really lively piece..........might be simple novice chords but quite a challenge to get and keep that vocal beat / momentum...... hoping to surprise a bluegrass friend with this ...... I also like the historical connections here
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