Tonart: B minor•
Verse 1
Em
Bm
F#m
You all remember the town
G
D
of Harpers Ferry, Virginia
A
Bm
But no one remembers now
G
F#
who stood and watched that day
Bm
F#m
The mob kept on drinking,
G
till John Brown's body was swinging
D
A
And Booth, the actor,
Bm
was thinking about what
G
F#
part he might play
Bm
F#m
E
To put on a play,
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F#
John Wilkes, is that your
Bm
F#m
E
If you find a state,
G
F#
you better hope your friends
F#m
are waiting in Maryland.
Bm
F#m
You had hope to follow,
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D
but you'll always live in your
Bm
So what have you got to show?
G
What can you call your own?
F#
Bm
F#m
Well, let's see, some southern swagger
G
D
A derringer and a dagger
A
Bm
The un sure nerve of a bragger
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F#
The strength to trigger a gun
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F#m
E
G
To put on a play John Wilkes,
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F#m
E
Well, if you find a stay,
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F#
you'd better hope your friends are waiting,
your friends are waiting
A
E
You ride the fastest mare in town,
G
and even with a crippled leg
F#
You burst from the alley
Bm
G
and begin a gallop through the dark
A
Muddy, un finished streets
F#
Bm
that take you to the riverside
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G
D
A
Bm
G
F#
G
A
It's a wise route you choose
G
D
A
The bridge keep has yet to hear the news
F#m
Bm
E
And that far bank, that misty marshland
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G
Is the South, the South
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F#
F#m
Ten days you shake and shiver
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D
Like a rat by the river
A
Bm
No one comes to deliver you
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F#
From the country's rage
Bm
F#m
And though the country's torn in two
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A
told you
Bm
Shakespearean tragedy
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F#
Belongs on the stage
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F#m
E
G
To put on a play John Wilkes,
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F#m
E
Well if you find a stay, yeah
Em
G
F#
You better hope your friends
Are waiting in Maryland,
Outro 1
yeah
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F#
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