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