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[Intro 1] [Am] [E][Am][E][Am] [Dm][Am] [Dm][Am][E][Dm][Bdim] [Am][E][Am] [E][Dm] [Verse 1] [Am]Papa played [E]a swingin' [Am]horn, [E]Back onc[Am]e in a dre[E]am[Am][Dm] [Am]Left [Dm]it underneath the bed, Shipped [Am]outta New [F]Orleans[Dm] There's his picture, it [Am]was taken before the war, [Dm]He's singin' from a sheet [Am]music score, [E]"C'mon alo[Am]ng, [E]C'mon alo[Am]ng, [E]Hear the mar[Am]chin' of[E] the [Am]drum"[E][F] [Verse 2] [Am]Out in the h[E]eat and the [Am]bugs, Where the Jungle gave [E]way,[Am][Dm] Came a whistlin' of bullets, That carved [Bdim]up the middl[Am]e of the [E]day[Am] [Dm]Papa's eyes is open, but the shut[Am]ter speed was [E]wrong [Am]All [Dm]the face is blurred in a song,[Am] "C'mon along, C'mon along, Hear the marchin' [E]of the drum" [Interlude 1] [A][E][Am] [Dm][F][Dm][Bdim][Ddim] [Bdim][Fdim][F#m][Fm] [Fdim][Am][Dm] [Bdim][E][Bdim][E] [Dm]I [Verse 3] [Am]heard the marchin' of [A]the [F]drum, [Am] An' it pained my [Dm]heart, [F]Heard the marchin' of [Dm]the drum, [F]When the chu[E]rch doors swung apa[Am]rt [Dm]The horns was gathered on [Am]the church steps, A [Dm]sound like snakes rose from [E]the clarinets All [Am]along, [E]all alo[Am]ng, I h[E]eard [Am]the marchin' of the[E] [Outro 1] drum [A][E][Dm][F][Am] [Dm][Am][Dm] [Am][E] [Am]
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