Soldiers Joy 1864 chords by Guy Clark

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
A minorAm          DmDm
Now first I thought a snake had got me
  A minorAm         E7E7
It happened dreadful quick
 A minorAm       DmDm     A minorAm    E7E7   A minorAm
T'was a bullet bit my leg, right off I got sick
 A minorAm      DmDm      A minorAm        E7E7
I came to in a wagon load of ten more wounded men
 A minorAm      DmDm       A minorAm      E7E7   A minorAm
Five was dead by the time we reached that bloody tent

Chorus 1:
 C majorC          FF
Give me some of that Soldier's Joy
 C majorC       G7G7
You know what I mean
 C majorC       FF         C majorC   Gsus/B  A minorAm
I don't want to hurt no more, my leg is turning green

Verse 2:
A minorAm                DmDm
The the doctor came and looked at me
   A minorAm       E7E7
And this is what he said
 A minorAm          DmDm
Your dancing days are done, son
    A minorAm     E7E7    A minorAm
It's a good thing you ain't dead
 A minorAm             DmDm
Then he went to work with a carving knife
 A minorAm         E7E7
Sweat fell from his brow
  A minorAm           DmDm
'Bout killed me trying to save my life
   A minorAm      E7E7    A minorAm
When he cut that lead ball out

Chorus 2:
 C majorC         FF
Gimme some of that Soldier's Joy
 C majorC        G7G7
Ain't you got no more
 C majorC        FF
Hand me down my walking cane
       Gsus/B A minorAm
I ain't cut out for war

Verse 3:
 A minorAm         DmDm
Red blood run right through my veins,
 A minorAm        E7E7
   run all over the floor
Run all over the floor
A minorAm         DmDm
Run right down his apron strings
                And it run right down his apron strings
    A minorAm  E7E7   A minorAm
Like a river out the door
A minorAm       DmDm
He handed me a bottle, said
   A minorAm        E7E7
Son drink deep as you can
 A minorAm          DmDm
He turned away and he turned right back
    A minorAm    E7E7  A minorAm
With a hacksaw in his hand

Chorus 3:
 C majorC         FF       C majorC        G7G7
Gimme some of that Soldier's Joy, you know what I like
 C majorC      FF        C majorC     Gsus/B  A minorAm
Bear down on that fiddle boys just like Saturday night
 C majorC         FF       C majorC        G7G7
Gimme some of that Soldier's Joy, you know what I crave
 C majorC          FF       C majorC     Gsus/B A minorAm
I'll be hitting that Soldier's Joy till I'm in my grave
 C majorC     Gsus/B A minorAm
till I'm in my grave.....