Mungo Jerry – You Dont Have To Be In The Army (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

Intro = G Em D G Em D G Em C G G Em C G Verse 1
G                                     Em           C                G
Well, your girlfriend takes you round to her house and you meet her folks

G                      Em                         C                 G
But they say that your hair's too long and you're not their kind of bloke

G                    D               C                     D                   
They grab you by the collar and they throw you through the door 

          G                 Em   C               G    G Em C G
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war
Verse 2
G                         Em             C              G
Well, you're working very hard to get promotion at your job

G                   Em            C                     G
But arrive late one morning just because you missed the bus

G                        D                  C             D
The foreman says, You're fired, 'cause your punctuality’s poor

          G                 Em   C               G    G Em C G
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war
Verse 3
G                  Em           C              G
Then you go into a hotel to get put up for the night

G                           Em                C                       G
But they say that you can't stay there, just because your shirt ain’t white

G                       D              C               D
You're tired and you’re hungry and you cannot walk no more 

          G                 Em   C               G    
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war
Music only as per verse chords G Em C G G Em C G G D C D G Em C G Verse 4
G                        Em              C               G
Ain't no money, ain't no woman, ain't no roof above your head

G                      Em           C                  G
So you lay down in the park and you wish that you were dead

G                     D               C                D
The fuzz says you are trespassing and kicks you in the jaw 

          G                 Em   C               G   G Em C G  G Em C G 
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war
Outro
G                     D               C                D
The fuzz says you are trespassing and kicks you in the jaw 

          G                 Em   C               G    
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

          G                 Em   C                G   
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war  (to fade)