{"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":2391973,"song":"The Willing Conscript","artist":"Tom Paxton","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11493754-the-willing-conscript-chords-by-tom-paxton/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2391973?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":8,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh Sergeant, I'm a draftee and I've just arrived in camp[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've come to wear the uniform and join the martial tramp[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I want to do my duty, but one thing I do implore[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou must give me lessons, sergeant, for I've never killed before[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo do my job obediently is all that I desire[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo learn my weapon thoroughly and how to aim and fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo learn to kill the enemy and then to slaughter more[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll need instruction, sergeant, for I've never killed before[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow there are several lessons that I haven't mastered yet[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI haven't got the hang of how to use the bayonet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf he doesn't die at once, am I to stick him with it more?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, I hope you will be patient, for I've never killed before[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, there are rumors in the camp about our enemy[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey say that when you see him he looks just like you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you deny it, Sergeant, and you are a man of war[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo you must give me lessons, for I've never killed before[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe hand grenade is something that I just don't understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou've got to throw it quickly or you're apt to lose your hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDoes it blow a man to pieces with its wicked, muffled roar?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, I've got so much to learn because I've never killed before[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, I want to thank you, Sergeant, for the help you've been to me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor you've taught me how to slaughter and to hate the enemy[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I know that I'll be ready when they march me off to war[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I know that it won't matter that I've never killed before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I know that it won't matter that I've never killed before[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]","chords":["C","F","G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}