Tom: Am

Intro:   |  Am Am  |  Dm G  |  Am Am  |  Dm Dm  |  (6/8 Takt)
 
Am         Dm         G
Swan swan hummingbird
    Am             Dm 
Hurrah we are all free now
      Am             Dm  G
What noisy cats are we
          Am                   Dm 
Girl and dog he bore his cross
Am         Dm         G  
Swan swan hummingbird
    Am             Dm 
Hurrah we are all free now
   Am       Dm      G
A long low time ago
Am              Dm 
people talk to me
 

Em                     F
Johnny Reb what's the price of pans
Em                F
Forty a piece or three for one dollar
        Em             F
Hey captain don't you want to buy
      Em              C    G
Some bone chains and toothpicks
 

Am                Dm          G 
Night weaves her hair chains
Am                  Dm  
Years you wouldn't bring back sing
Am                Dm              G
Wooden beams and dove tails sweep
   Am                  Dm          G
I struck that picture ninety times
   Am                 Dm
I walked that path a hundred ninety
Am        Dm       G  
Long low time ago
Am              Dm
People talk to me
 

     G          Bm
  A pistol hot cup of rhyme
       C                      D
  The whiskey is water the water is wine
   G                Bm
  Marching feet Johnny Reb
              C               C   
  what's the price of heroes
 
Six and one half dozen the other
Tell that to the captain's mother
Hey captain don't you want to buy
Some bone chains and toothpicks
 
Night weaves her hair chains
Swan swan hummingbird
Hurrah we are all free now
What noisy cats are we
Long low time ago people talk to me
 
A pistol hot cup of rhyme
The whiskey is water the water is wine...
 
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