{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1929033,"song":"John Browns Body","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11431519-john-browns-body-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1929033?type=chord","rating":4.90825,"votes":65,"content":"A traditional Union marching song, honoring abolitionist John Brown.\r\nLyrics written by William Weston Patton.\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOld John Brown’s body lies moldering in the grave,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile weep the sons of bondage whom he ventured all to save;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]B7[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut tho he lost his life while struggling for the slave,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis soul is marching on.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah![/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah! his soul's marching on![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nJohn Brown was a hero, undaunted, true and brave,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Kansas knows his valor when he fought her rights to save;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow, tho the grass grows green above his grave,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis soul is marching on.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah![/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah! his soul's marching on![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe captured Harper’s Ferry, with his nineteen men so few,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd frightened \"Old Virginny\" till she trembled thru and thru;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey hung him for a traitor, themselves the traitor crew,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut his soul is marching on.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah![/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah! his soul's marching on![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nJohn Brown was John the Baptist of the Christ we are to see,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nChrist who of the bondmen shall the Liberator be,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd soon throughout the Sunny South the slaves shall all be free,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor his soul is marching on.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah![/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah! his soul's marching on![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe conflict that he heralded he looks from heaven to view,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the army of the Union with its flag red, white and blue.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]B7[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd heaven shall ring with anthems o’er the deed they mean to do,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor his soul is marching on.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah![/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah! his soul's marching on![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYe soldiers of Freedom, then strike, while strike ye may,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe death blow of oppression in a better time and way,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor the dawn of old John Brown has brightened into day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd his soul is marching on.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah![/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGlory, glory, hallelujah! his soul's marching on![/tab]","plain_text":"A traditional Union marching song, honoring abolitionist John Brown.\nLyrics written by William Weston Patton.\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","G","C","B7","Em","Am","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}