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The Twins - Country Joe Mcdonald Chords

Chords: G, D, C

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The Twins by Country Joe McDonald

LP: War! War! War! Vanguard Records 1971

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYagozl9m2g
Music: Country Joe McDOnald
Lyrics: Robert W. Service, Canadian Ambulance Driver in France, WWI, Poet.

Standard Tuning
Key: G

[Intro]
G
G D
D C G
G D

[Verse 1]
G
There were two brothers John and James
G D
And when the town went up in flames
D C G
To save the house of James dashed John
G D G
Then turned, and lo! His own was gone

[Verse 2]
G
And when the great World War began
G D
To volunteer John promptly ran:
D C G
And while he learned live bombs to lob
G D G
James stayed at home and sneaked his job

[Verse 3]
G
John came home with a missing limb;
G D
That didn't seem to worry him;
D C G
But oh, it set his brain awhirl
G D G
To find that James had sneaked his girl!

[Verse 4]
G
Time passed. John tried his grief to drown;
G D
To-day James owns one half the town;
D C G
His army contracts riches yield;

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