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.....