John Browns Body (CHORDS) by Misc Traditional

[Verse 1]~
G
Old John Brown’s body lies moldering in the grave,..

      C                               G
While weep the sons of bondage whom he ventured all to save;

                              B7                 Em
But tho he lost his life while struggling for the slave,..

   Am      D        G
His soul is marching on!


[Chorus]~
G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah!

C                  G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah!

                  B7 Em  Am         D        G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah! his soul's marching on!


[Verse 2]~
G
John Brown was a hero,.. undaunted,.. true and brave,..

   C                              G
And Kansas knows his valor when he fought her rights to save;

                        B7              Em
Now,.. tho the grass grows green above his grave,..

   Am      D        G
His soul is marching on!


[Chorus]~
G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah!

C                  G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah!

                  B7 Em  Am         D        G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah! his soul's marching on!


[Verse 3]~
G
He captured Harper’s Ferry,.. with his nineteen men so few,..

   C                                  G
And frightened "Old Virginny" till she trembled thru and thru;

                               B7                  Em
They hung him for a traitor,.. themselves the traitor crew,..

       Am      D        G
But his soul is marching on!


[Chorus]~
G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah!

C                  G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah!

                  B7 Em  Am         D        G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah! his soul's marching on!


[Verse 4]~
G
John Brown was John the Baptist of the Christ we are to see,..

C                                   G
Christ who of the bondmen shall the Liberator be,..

                                       B7                  Em
And soon throughout the Sunny South the slaves shall all be free,..

       Am      D        G
For his soul is marching on!


[Chorus]~
G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah!

C                  G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah!

                  B7 Em  Am         D        G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah! his soul's marching on!


[Verse 5]~
G
The conflict that he heralded he looks from heaven to view,..

C                                 G
On the army of the Union with its flag red,.. white and blue!

                                          B7                Em
And heaven shall ring with anthems o’er the deed they mean to do,..

       Am      D        G
For his soul is marching on!


[Chorus]~
G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah!

C                  G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah!

                  B7 Em  Am         D        G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah! his soul's marching on!


[Verse 6]~
G
Ye soldiers of Freedom,.. then strike,.. while strike ye may,..

   C                             G
The death blow of oppression in a better time and way,..

                                  B7              Em
For the dawn of old John Brown has brightened into day,..

       Am      D        G
And his soul is marching on!


[Chorus]~
G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah!

C                  G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah!

                  B7 Em  Am         D        G
Glory,.. glory,.. hallelujah! his soul's marching on!