WOODSTOCK - "handsome johnny" Tablature

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From: cs902154@ariel.yorku.ca (RONALD W ENGLISH)
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I've had several requests for sogns. This is one from Woodstock
I don't tune the guitar to open D, But anyone who watches the
move will see that it makes life easy. There are six verses
with the interlude after every second verse.


HANDSOME JOHNNY
Richard Havens and Louis Goussett, 1967

** Guitar tuned in open D 1st - D , 2nd - A, 3rd - F#, 4th - D
5th - A, 6th - D

D ------ G ------ A ------ C ------
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OOOOOO 5th fret 7th fret XO


G A D C D
Hey look yonder, tell me what's that you see,
G A D
marching to the fields of Concord
G A D C D
It looks like Handsome Johnny with a musket in his hand
A D A D
Marching to the Concord war. Hey, Marching to the concord war.

Hey look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields og Gettysburg
It looks like Handsome Johnny with flintlock in his hand
Marching to the Gettysburg war, Hey marching to the Gettysburg war

INTERLUDE:

NC G A D A D
Hey, it's along the hard road It's a long hard road
G A D A D
It's a long hard road Before we'll be free.

3.
Hey look yonder, tell me what's that you see
Marching to the fields of Dunkirk
It looks like Handsome Johnny with a carbine in his hand
Marching to the Dunkirk war, Hey marching to the Dunkirk war

4.
Hey look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Korea
It looks like Handsome Johnny with an M1 in his hand
Marching to the Korean war, Hey marching to the Korean war

Interlude

5.
Hey look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the foelds of Viet Nam
It looks like Handsome Johnny with an M15
Marching to the Viet Nma war, Hey marching to the Viet Nam war

6.
Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Birmingham
It looks like Handsome Johnny with his hand rolled in a fist
Marching to the Birmingham war. Hey, marching to the Birmingham war

Interlude

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