So Long Its Been Good To know you by Woody Guthrie
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VerseCG7
I got the news that the war had begun
CG7
It was straight for the Army Hall that I run
CF
And all of the people in my home town
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Was a running up and a running down
Singing:
ChorusC
So long, it's been good to know you
G7
So long, it's been good to know you
CF
So long, it's been good to know you
CG7
There's a mighty big war that's got to be won
C
And we'll get back together again.
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The crowd was packed by the railroad track
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People was yelling and patting my back
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And while the engineer rung his bell
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I hugged all the mothers and kissed all the gals,
Singing:
ChorusC
So long, it's been good to know you
G7
So long, it's been good to know you
CF
So long, it's been good to know you
CG7
There's a mighty big war that's got to be won
C
And we'll get back together again
Verse 3CG7
I got to the camp and I learnt how to fight
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Fascists in daytime, mosquitoes at night
CF
I got my orders to cross o'er the sea
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So I waved "goodbye" to the girls I could see,
Singing:
ChorusC
So long, it's been good to know you
G7
So long, it's been good to know you
CF
So long, it's been good to know you
CG7
There's a mighty big war that's got to be won
C
And we'll get back together again
Verse 4CG7
I got on a boat and I started to float
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My old pack-sack and my big wool coat
CF
With ten thousand men we rode the foam
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And sung this song to the people back home:
ChorusC
So long, it's been good to know you
G7
So long, it's been good to know you
CF
So long, it's been good to know you
CG7
There's a mighty big war that's got to be won
C
And we'll get back together again
Verse 5
CG7
I landed somewhere on a fighting shore
CG7
With ten million soldiers and ten million more
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And while we were chasing that Super Race
CG7
We sung this song in the chase.
It was:
ChorusC
So long, it's been good to know you
G7
So long, it's been good to know you
CF
So long, it's been good to know you
CG7
There's a mighty big war that's got to be won
C
And we'll get back together again
Verse 6
CG7
So it won't be long till the fascists are gone
CG7
And all of their likes are finished and done
CF
We'll throw the clods of dirt in their face
CG7
And walk away from that lonesome place
Singing:
ChorusC
So long, it's been good to know you
G7
So long, it's been good to know you
CF
So long, it's been good to know you
CG7
There's a mighty big war that's got to be won
C
And we'll get back together again
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