Over There
Lyrics and Music by George M. Cohan
Key: G
Copyright 1917

Chords and Lyrics Provided by Judy Muldawer
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File Created 11-23-2022

Verse 1:

C                Am
Johnnie get your gun,
         C             Am
Get your gun, get your gun
Dm             F
Take it on the run,
       Dm          F
On the run, on the run

G7                C       Am
Hear them calling you and me
D7           G7
Every son of liberty

C             Am
Hurry right a-way
      C         Am
No de-lay go to-day
Dm              F
Make your daddy glad
   Dmhave had such a [F
To lad

G7                   C      Am
Tell your sweetheart not to pine
      D7                 G7  GdimG7
To be proud her boy's in line

Chorus:

     C
Over there!
Over there!
Send the word send the word
Over there!

         F         G7
That the Yanks are comin'
    C         Am
The Yanks are comin'
    G7        F                    GdimG7
The drums rum tumming ev'ry G7where

       C
So pre-pare
Say a pray'r
Send the word send the word
To beware!

We'll be over
             G7
We're coming over
      C           F
And we won't come back
          G7        C
Til' it's over over there

Verse 2:

C                Am
Johnnie get your gun,
         C             Am
Get your gun, get your gun
Dm               F
Johnnie show the Hun
         Dm       F
You're a son of a gun

G7                 C       Am
Hoist the flag and let her fly
D7            G7
Yankee Doodle do or die

C                Am
Pack your little kit
         C              Am
Show your grit, do your bit
Dm             F
Yankees to the ranks
         Dm            F
From the towns and the tanks

G7               C        Am
Make your mother proud of you
D7                        G7  GdimG7
And the old Red White and Blue

Chorus Repeat:

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