G        F      C    G
Ohhooooo Ohoooo Ohoo Ohoooo
G        F      C    G
Ohhooooo Ohoooo Ohoo Ohoooo

   G                    C
If general Mc Callister gave up the wars
    D                      C
and all of the people went back to their chores
     F                        C                         G
then all the kings horses and all the kings men could go home---

   G                      C
If all of the people were on the same side
           D                         C
there?d be no need to run,there?d be no need to hide
    F                     C                            G
and all of us here in our grey tattered coats could go home

         C                     G
If you?d just listen sir once again
       C                      G
to the reasons of one of your men
         C                             G
it could make all these things come to pass
            F      C        G
and I could lay on Arkansas grass

C    D    G     Em           C            D        G
Home Home go it alone to the sound of the military brass
C    D    G        Em      F         C        G
Home home lover?s alone,   layin? on Arkansas grass,

G        F      C    G
Ohhooooo Ohoooo Ohoo Ohoooo
G        F      C    G
Ohhooooo Ohoooo Ohoo Ohoooo

    G                          C
So bravely we marched both the grey and the red
   D                   C
to lick ?em first time like the good general said
     F                   C                    G
with nary a thought that so very few would go home

   G                      C
If weren?t so wrong for a soldier like me
   D                      C
to throw down his gun and run to be free
    F                       C                         G
and all of us here with the fear in our ours could go home

         C                     G
If you?d just listen sir once again
       C                      G
to the reasons of one of your men
         C                             G
it could make all these things come to pass
            F      C        G
and I could lay on Arkansas grass

C    D    G     Em           C            D        G
Home Home go it alone to the sound of the military brass
C    D    G        Em      F         C        G
Home home lover?s alone,   layin? on Arkansas grass,

F         C        G
layin? on Arkansas grass (x7)

C    D    G        Em    F         C        G
Home home lover?s alone, layin? on Arkansas grass