Key: E
Introduction:
F Gsectiºns
If you prefer not to use those, simply use the same chords as the third lines (G and C).
You may also use the fifth line chords in the third lines of every verse.
C FEm
Oh my name it is nothin'
G C
My age it means less
G C
And the country I come from
F C
Is called the Midwest
F G C
I was taught and brought up there
F C
The laws to abide
F Em
And that the land that I live in
G C
Had God on its side.
C F Em
Oh the history books tell it
G C
They tell it so well
G C
The cavalries charged
F C
The Indians fell
F G C
The cavalries charged
F C
The Indians died
C FEm
Oh the country was young
G C
With God on its side.
C F Em
Well the Spanish-American
G C
War had its day
G C
And the Civil War too
F C
Was soon laid away
F G C
And the names of the heroes
F C
I was made to memorize
FEm
With guns in their hands
G C
And God on their side.
Well the First World War, boys