Biography:
Tom Paxton (born Thomas Richard Paxton on October 31, 1937) is an American singer and writer of folk music whose songs have had enduring appeal (and include modern standards such as "The Last Thing on My Mind") known for a cynical, often political edge. In 2009, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Paxton was born in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest child of Burton and Esther Paxton. The Paxton family moved to Bristow, Oklahoma in 1948, where Tom grew to adulthood and which he still considers home.
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Other songs:
- Born On The Forth Of July
- Daily News
- You Can Eat Dog Food
- Born On The Fourth Of July
- Bottle Of Wine
- Buy A Gun For Your Son
- Cant Help But Wonder Where Im Bound
- Crazy John
- Did You Hear John Hurt
- George W Told The Nation
- Getting Up Early
- Going To The Zoo
- Goodman Schwerner And Chaney
- Hold On To
- I Dont Want A Bunny Wunny
- I Give You The Morning
- Im The Man That Built The Bridges
- In Florida
- It Aint Easy
- Jimmy Newman
- Johhny Got A Gun
- Johnny Got A Gun
- Last Thing On My Mind
- Leaving London
- Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation
- Marvellous Toy
- Marvelous Toy
- My Ladys A Wild Flying Dove
- My Son John
- Ramblin Boy
- Susie Most Of All
- The Last Thing On My Mind
- The Party
- The Willing Conscript
- This World Goes Round And Round
- Wasnt That A Party
- When Annie Took Me Home
- When You Shook Your Long Hair Down
- Yuppies In The Sky
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[1st verse]
C F C G C
Oh Sergeant I'm a draftee and I've just arrived in camp
C F C G C
I've come to wear the uniform and join the martial tramp
F C F C D G
And I want to do my duty, but one thing I do implore
C F C G C
You must give me lessons, sergeant, for I've never killed before
[2nd verse]
C F C G C
To do my job obediently is all that I desire
C F C G C
To learn my weapon thoroughly and how to aim and fire
F C F C D G
To learn to kill the enemy and then to slaughter more
C F C G C
I'll need instruction, sergeant, for I've never killed before
[3rd verse]
C F C G C
Now there are several lessons that I haven't mastered yet
C F C G C
I haven't got the hang of how to use the bayonet
F C F C D G
If he doesn't die at once am I to stick him with it more?
C F C G C
Oh, I hope you will be patient, for I've never killed before
[4th verse]
C F C G C
Oh, there are rumors in the camp about our enemy
C F C G C
They say that when you see him he looks just like you and me
F C F C D G
But you deny it, Sergeant, and you are a man of war
C F C G C
So you must give me lessons, for I've never killed before
[5th verse]
C F C G C
The hand grenade is something that I just don't understand
C F C G C
You've got to throw it quickly or you're apt to lose your hand
F C F C D G
Does it blow a man to pieces with it's wicked, muffled roar?
C F C G C
Oh, I've got so much to learn because I've never killed before
C F C G C
Oh, I want to thank you, Sergeant, for the help you've been to me
C F C G C
For you've taught me how to slaughter and to hate the enemy
F C F C D G
And I know that I'll be ready when they march me off to war
C F C G C
And I know that it won't matter that I've never killed before
G C F C G C
And I know that it won't matter that I've never killed before
C F C G C
Oh Sergeant I'm a draftee and I've just arrived in camp
C F C G C
I've come to wear the uniform and join the martial tramp
F C F C D G
And I want to do my duty, but one thing I do implore
C F C G C
You must give me lessons, sergeant, for I've never killed before
[2nd verse]
C F C G C
To do my job obediently is all that I desire
C F C G C
To learn my weapon thoroughly and how to aim and fire
F C F C D G
To learn to kill the enemy and then to slaughter more
C F C G C
I'll need instruction, sergeant, for I've never killed before
[3rd verse]
C F C G C
Now there are several lessons that I haven't mastered yet
C F C G C
I haven't got the hang of how to use the bayonet
F C F C D G
If he doesn't die at once am I to stick him with it more?
C F C G C
Oh, I hope you will be patient, for I've never killed before
[4th verse]
C F C G C
Oh, there are rumors in the camp about our enemy
C F C G C
They say that when you see him he looks just like you and me
F C F C D G
But you deny it, Sergeant, and you are a man of war
C F C G C
So you must give me lessons, for I've never killed before
[5th verse]
C F C G C
The hand grenade is something that I just don't understand
C F C G C
You've got to throw it quickly or you're apt to lose your hand
F C F C D G
Does it blow a man to pieces with it's wicked, muffled roar?
C F C G C
Oh, I've got so much to learn because I've never killed before
C F C G C
Oh, I want to thank you, Sergeant, for the help you've been to me
C F C G C
For you've taught me how to slaughter and to hate the enemy
F C F C D G
And I know that I'll be ready when they march me off to war
C F C G C
And I know that it won't matter that I've never killed before
G C F C G C
And I know that it won't matter that I've never killed before
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