Handsome Johnny

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                        Richie Havens - Handsome Johnny

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Notes:          This is the 
woodstock version of Richie Havens 
classic, Handsome
                Johnny. There is a 
woodstock DVD going round with some 
great
                footage of this 
track and I worked it out from that.
Tuning:         Open D 
(D,A,D,F#,A,D)

Chords -

D - (OOOOOO)
E9- (222222)
A - (777755)
B9- (999999)

Strumming Style - Fast (8/sec 
roughly)
Playing Style - Played with thumb to
 bar whole fret. Pull thumb off E9 
to play
open for a couple of strums ad lib.

Intro - E9,D,E9,D

A              B9  E9        D 
Hey look  yonder,  tell me  
       E9       D
what's that you see,

A              B9  E9        D 
marching  to the  fields o f 
       E9       D
Concord

A              B9  E9        D 
It look s like H andsome  
       E9       D
Johnny with a musket in his hand

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B9                        D    
Marching  to the Concord  war. 
E9   D    B9                     
     Hey, Marchi ng to the concor
 D        E9       D
 d war.


Break - E9,D,E9,D

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


INTERLUDE:


            A    B9   E9          
Hey, it's a long hard road, It's a
 A    B9   E9
 long hard road
       A    B9   E9
It's a long hard road before we'll 
be free.


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

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


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

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


Hey what's the use of singing this 
song
Some of you are not even listening
Tell me what it is we've got to do
Wait for are fields to start 
glistening
Hey wait for the bullets to start 
whistling

Hey here come the hydrogen bombs
And here come the guided missile
Here come the hydrogen bombs
I can almost hear its whistle, I can
 almost hear its whistle