Woody Guthrie – So Long Its Been Good To Know You (Guitar)
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By Woody Guthrie
Submitted by Mike Donnelly
Verse
C G7 I got the news that the war had begun C G7 It was straight for the Army Hall that I run C F And all of the people in my home town C G7 Was a running up and a running down
Singing:
Chorus
C So long, it's been good to know you G7 So long, it's been good to know you C F So long, it's been good to know you C G7 There's a mighty big war that's got to be won C And we'll get back together again.
Verse
C G7 The crowd was packed by the railroad track C G7 People was yelling and patting my back C F And while the engineer rung his bell C G7 I hugged all the mothers and kissed all the gals,
Singing:
Chorus
C So long, it's been good to know you G7 So long, it's been good to know you C F So long, it's been good to know you C G7 There's a mighty big war that's got to be won C And we'll get back together again
Verse 3
C G7 I got to the camp and I learnt how to fight C G7 Fascists in daytime, mosquitoes at night C F I got my orders to cross o'er the sea C G7 So I waved "goodbye" to the girls I could see,
Singing:
Chorus
C So long, it's been good to know you G7 So long, it's been good to know you C F So long, it's been good to know you C G7 There's a mighty big war that's got to be won C And we'll get back together again
Verse 4
C G7 I got on a boat and I started to float C G7 My old pack-sack and my big wool coat C F With ten thousand men we rode the foam C G7 And sung this song to the people back home:
Chorus
C So long, it's been good to know you G7 So long, it's been good to know you C F So long, it's been good to know you C G7 There's a mighty big war that's got to be won C And we'll get back together again
Verse 5
C G7 I landed somewhere on a fighting shore C G7 With ten million soldiers and ten million more C F And while we were chasing that Super Race C G7 We sung this song in the chase.
It was:
Chorus
C So long, it's been good to know you G7 So long, it's been good to know you C F So long, it's been good to know you C G7 There's a mighty big war that's got to be won C And we'll get back together again
Verse 6
C G7 So it won't be long till the fascists are gone C G7 And all of their likes are finished and done C F We'll throw the clods of dirt in their face C G7 And walk away from that lonesome place
Singing:
Chorus
C So long, it's been good to know you G7 So long, it's been good to know you C F So long, it's been good to know you C G7 There's a mighty big war that's got to be won C And we'll get back together again