Pete Seeger – John Browns Body (Guitar)

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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Verse]
G
John Brown's body lies a-moulderin in the grave

       C                               G
John Brown's body lies a-moulderin in the grave;

                       B7                 Em
John Brown's body lies a-moulderin in the grave,

    Am      D        G
but his soul goes marching on.
[Chorus]
G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!

C                  G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!

                   B7 Em  Am         D        G
Glory, glory, hallelujah! but his soul goes marching on!
[Verse 2]
G
The stars above in Heaven are a-lookin kindly down,

    C                              G
the stars above in Heaven are a-lookin kindly down;

                         B7              Em
the stars above in Heaven are a-lookin kindly down,

    Am      D        G
on the grave of old John Brown.
[Chorus]
G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!

C                  G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!

                   B7 Em  Am         D        G
Glory, glory, hallelujah! his soul goes marching on!
[Verse 3]
G
He captured Harper's Ferry, with his nineteen men so true,

    C                                  G
He frightened "Old Virginny" till she trembled thru and thru;

                                B7                  Em
They hung him for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew,

     Am        D        G
his soul goes marching on.
[Chorus]
G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!

C                  G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!

                   B7 Em  Am         D        G
Glory, glory, hallelujah! his soul goes marching on!
[Verse 4]
G
Well, he's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord,

C                                   G
he's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord,

                                        B7                  Em
he's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord,

        Am      D        G
but his soul goes marching on.
[Chorus]
G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!

C                  G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!

                   B7 Em  Am         D        G
Glory, glory, hallelujah! his soul goes marching on!
[Verse 5]
G
The conflict that he heralded he looks from heaven to view,

C                                 G
On the army of the Union with its flag red, white and blue.

                                            B7                Em
And heaven shall ring with anthems o'er the deed they mean to do,

        Am      D        G
For his soul is marching on.
[Chorus]
G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!

C                  G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!

                   B7 Em  Am         D        G
Glory, glory, hallelujah! his soul goes marching on!
[Verse 6]
G
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord,

    C                             G
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored,

                                   B7              Em
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword,

        Am      D        G
His truth is marching on.
[Chorus]
G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!

C                  G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!

                   B7 Em  Am         D        G
Glory, glory, hallelujah! his soul goes marching on!