John Browns Body chords by Pete Seeger

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Verse:
G+G
John Brown's body lies a-moulderin in the grave
    C majorC                G+G
John Brown's body lies a-moulderin in the grave;
            B7B7         E minorEm
John Brown's body lies a-moulderin in the grave,
  A minorAm   D MajorD    G+G
but his soul goes marching on.

🎸 Chorus:
G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
C majorC         G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
          B7B7 E minorEm A minorAm     D MajorD    G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah! but his soul goes marching on!

🎸 Verse 2:
G+G
The stars above in Heaven are a-lookin kindly down,
  C majorC               G+G
the stars above in Heaven are a-lookin kindly down;
             B7B7       E minorEm
the stars above in Heaven are a-lookin kindly down,
  A minorAm   D MajorD    G+G
on the grave of old John Brown.

🎸 Chorus:
G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
C majorC         G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
          B7B7 E minorEm A minorAm     D MajorD    G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah! his soul goes marching on!

🎸 Verse 3:
G+G
He captured Harper’s Ferry, with his nineteen men so true,
  C majorC                 G+G
He frightened "Old Virginny" till she trembled thru and thru;
                B7B7         E minorEm
They hung him for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew,
   A minorAm    D MajorD    G+G
his soul goes marching on.

🎸 Chorus:
G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
C majorC         G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
          B7B7 E minorEm A minorAm     D MajorD    G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah! his soul goes marching on!

🎸 Verse 4:
G+G
Well, he's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord,
C majorC                  G+G
he's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord,
                    B7B7         E minorEm
he's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord,
    A minorAm   D MajorD    G+G
but his soul goes marching on.

🎸 Chorus:
G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
C majorC         G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
          B7B7 E minorEm A minorAm     D MajorD    G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah! his soul goes marching on!

🎸 Verse 5:
G+G
The conflict that he heralded he looks from heaven to view,
C majorC                 G+G
On the army of the Union with its flag red, white and blue.
                      B7B7        E minorEm
And heaven shall ring with anthems o’er the deed they mean to do,
    A minorAm   D MajorD    G+G
For his soul is marching on.

🎸 Chorus:
G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
C majorC         G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
          B7B7 E minorEm A minorAm     D MajorD    G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah! his soul goes marching on!

🎸 Verse 6:
G+G
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord,
  C majorC               G+G
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored,
                  B7B7       E minorEm
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword,
    A minorAm   D MajorD    G+G
His truth is marching on.

🎸 Chorus:
G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
C majorC         G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
          B7B7 E minorEm A minorAm     D MajorD    G+G
Glory, glory, hallelujah! his soul goes marching on!