Chords for Michael Blessing - The New Recruit

_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Oh, Sergeant, I'm a [G] draftee and I just [D] arrived in camp.
I've come to wear the uniform and join the [D] marshal tramp.
[G] And I want to do [D] my duty, but [G] one thing I do [Em] implore.
You [D] must give me lessons, [G] Sergeant, for I've [A] never killed [D] before.
_ _ _ _ _
To do [A] my job [G] obediently [D] is my only desire.
To learn my weapon [G] thoroughly and [A] how to aim and fire.
[G] I'll learn to [D] kill the enemy [G] and then find out [Em] what for.
Oh, [D] I'll need instruction, Sergeant, for [A] I've never [D] killed before.
_ _ _ _ _
Now there are rumors in [G] the camp [A] about our enemy.
[D] They say that when you [G] see him, he looks just like you and me.
But you [A] deny it, Sergeant, [G] and you are a man [Em] of war.
[D] So you must give me lessons, for I've never killed before.
_ _ _ _ _
Now there are several [G] lessons that [D] I haven't mastered yet.
I haven't got the hang of how to use the bayonet.
[G] If he doesn't [D] die at once, [G] should I stick him [Em] just once more?
[D] Oh, please be patient, Sergeant, for I've never killed before.
_ _ _ _ _
And the hand grenade is [G] something that [D] I just don't understand.
You've got to throw it quickly or you're apt to lose your hand.
[G] Does it blow a [D] man to pieces [G] with its wicked [Em] muffled roar?
Oh, [D] I've got so much to learn, for I've never killed before.
_ _ _ _ _
Oh, I want to thank you, [G] Sergeant, for the help you've been [D] to me.
You've taught me how [G] to kill and how [D] to hate the enemy.
[G] And I know that [D] I'll be ready [G] when they march me [Em] off to war.
[D] And I know that it won't matter that [A] I've never killed [D] before.
Oh, yes, I know that it won't matter that I've never killed before. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _