Young Fellow My Lad - Country Joe Mcdonald Chords

Chords: CD:, Canada, G, C, D

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Young Fellow My Lad by Country Joe McDonald

CD: War! War! War! Live 2007 Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada
Origianl recording 1971 on Vanguard Records

Original Title: Young Fellow, My Lad

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw7YySoPZk0

Music: Country Joe McDonald
Lyrics: Poem by Robert W. Service, British-born Canadian Ambulance Driver in

France, WWI.
Standard Tuning

Key: G

[Intro--Harmonica]

G G G G

G G G G

G G G G

G G G G

C C C C

G G G G

G G G G

G D D G

[Intro-Guitar]

D C D G

[Verse 1]

G
"Where are you going, Young Fellow My Lad,

G
On this glittering morn of May ?"

G
"I'm going to join the Colors, Dad,

D G
They're looking for men, they say."

G C
"But you're only a boy, Young Fellow My Lad,

C G
You aren't obliged to go."

G
"Well, I'm seventeen and a quarter, Dad,

G D G C D C
And ever so strong, you know."

[Verse 2]

G
"So you're off to France, Young Fellow My Lad

G
And you're looking so fit and bright."

G
"I'm terribly sorry to leave you, dad,

G C G
But I feel that I'm doing right."

G
"God bless you and keep you, Young Fellow My Lad,

G C G
You're all of my life, you know."

G
"Don't worry. I'll soon be back, dear dad,

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