{"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":827571,"song":"Draft Dodger Rag","artist":"Phil Ochs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11597773-draft-dodger-rag-chords-by-phil-ochs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/827571?type=chord","rating":4.88087,"votes":149,"content":"This is the way Phil played it at the Democratic Convention......\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm just a typical American boy from a typical American town.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]                                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI believe in God and Senator Dodd and in keeping old Castro down.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd when it came my time to serve, I knew better dead than red.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]                                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut when I got to my ol' draft board, buddy this is what I said:[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSarge, I'm only eighteen, I got a ruptured spleen,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I always carry a purse.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A7[/ch]                                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI got eyes like a bat, and my feet are flat, and my asthma's getting worse.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, think of my career, my sweetheart dear, my poor old invalid aunt.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBesides, I ain't no fool, I'm going to school,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm working in a defense plant.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI got a dislocated disc, and a racked up back,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm allergic to flowers and bugs,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd when the bombshell hits I get epileptic fits[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm addicted to a thousand drugs.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI got the weakness woes, I can't touch my toes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI can hardly reach my knees.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if the enemy came close to me, I'd probably start to sneeze.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSarge, I'm only eighteen, I got a ruptured spleen,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I always carry a purse.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A7[/ch]                                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI got eyes like a bat, and my feet are flat, and my asthma's getting worse.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, think of my career, my sweetheart dear, my poor old invalid aunt.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBesides, I ain't no fool, I'm going to school,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm working in a defense plant.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI hate Chou En Lai and I hope he dies, but one thing you gotta see,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A7[/ch]                                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat someone's gotta go over there, and that someone isn't me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I wish you well, Sarge, give 'em hell,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYeah, kill me a thousand or so.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd if you ever get a war without blood and gore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I'll be the first to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYes, I'm only eighteen, I got a ruptured spleen,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I always carry a purse.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A7[/ch]                                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI got eyes like a bat, and my feet are flat, and my asthma's getting worse.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYes, think of my career, my sweetheart dear, my poor old invalid aunt.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBesides, I ain't no fool, I'm going to school,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm working in a defense plant.[/tab]","plain_text":"This is the way Phil played it at the Democratic Convention......\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","E","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}