1898 chords by John Statz

Chords with lyrics

John Statz - 1898








CAPO: 3rd Fret


INTRO: D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 E minor 7Em7 D/AD/A  (2x)

    A minorAm    C majorC G+G
It was carnival, 1898
     D MajorD      C majorC     G+G
When they blew up the Maine in Havana
  D MajorD        A minorAm    C majorC          G+G
The young across the country, they all called for blood
    D MajorD   C majorC   G+G
But the elders they remembered

       D MajorD       A minorAm     C majorC        G+G
'Cause they'd fought a Civil War, they'd seen the bodies piled
D MajorD        C majorC    G+G
They were in no rush to send young men to die
     D MajorD   A minorAm        C majorC       G+G
But them yellow journalists, they got the nation riled
     D MajorD     C majorC    G+G
And them war drums kept on beating


CHORUS:
  E minorEm    G+G        D MajorD
The world it never knew what hit
   E minorEm   G+G     D MajorD
The American century begun
     E minorEm      G+G       D MajorD          A augmentedA
And that short little war, that they had themselves with Spain
  E minorEm  G+G       D MajorD
Old Glory never was the same
  E minorEm  G+G D MajorD
Oh, after 1898


INSTRUMENTAL: D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 E minor 7Em7 D/AD/A (2X)

           A minorAm    C majorC      G+G
They raced the Riders down, was Teddy at the helm
     D MajorD     C majorC     G+G
And they set their sails for Cuba
  D MajorD      A minorAm       C majorC       G+G
Was Dewey in the east, with his white, shining fleet
     D MajorD        C majorC     G+G
And they took them Philippines in a day


CHORUS:
  E minorEm    G+G        D MajorD
The world it never knew what hit
   E minorEm   G+G     D MajorD
The American century begun
     E minorEm      G+G       D MajorD          A augmentedA
And that short little war, that they had themselves with Spain
  E minorEm  G+G       D MajorD
Old Glory never was the same
  E minorEm  G+G D MajorD
Oh, after 1898
  E minorEm  G+G D MajorD
Oh, after 1898


OUTRO: D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 E minor 7Em7 D/AD/A (2x)