Chorus:
DbEb
Drill sergeant, I don't work for you
CmBb
I'm not going to war
Cm
(I'm not going to war)
(Db)Eb
I'mma cash in beautiful books
CmBb
I work at the Barnes and Nobles store
CmDb
(Barnes and No - ble store)
(Db)Eb
You must think you're Orson Wells
CmBbCm
And this is nineteenfifty - four
DbEb
You don't understand liberty until
CmBb
Someone speaks for y'all
(someone speaks for y'all)
Abm7
Shame on you,
B/BbBb7
You say you served your country While I'm young
Abm7
Shame on you,
B/BbBb7
Mixin' my mind up, handing me guns
Abm7
Byebye Mom and Dad and all
B/BbBb7
Just incase there's failure
Abm7
I could be blaming you
B/BbEb
But I've got something to tell you...
Chorus:
DbEb
Drill sergeant, I don't work for you
CmBb
I'm not going to war
Cm
(I'm not going to war)
(Db)Eb
I'mma cash in beautiful books
CmBb
I work at the Barnes and Nobles store
CmDb
(Barnes and No - ble store)
(Db)Eb
You must think you're Orson Wells
CmBbCm
And this is nineteenfifty - four
DbEb
You don't understand liberty until
CmBb
Someone speaks for y'all
(someone speaks for y'all)
Abm7
Aim on you
Bb/BBb7
Level their buildings, de - stroy their soil
Abm7
Aim on you
Bb/BBb7
Did you finally figure where to run that oil?
Abm7
Why cry if a man should die,
B/BbBb7
when there's probable failure?
Abm7
Or I could just aim at you
B/BbEb
But I got something to tell ya...
Chorus:
DbEb
Drill sergeant, I don't work for you
CmBb
I'm not going to war
Cm
(I'm not going to war)
(Db)Eb
I'mma cash in beautiful books
CmBb
I work at the Barnes and Nobles store
CmDb
(Barnes and No - ble store)
(Db)Eb
You must think you're Orson Wells
CmBbCm
And this is nineteenfifty - four
DbEb
You don't understand liberty until
CmBb
Someone speaks for y'all
Gb
(someone speaks for y' - all)
Break:
(Gb)Ab
Maybe there's an - other way
Bbm
That we can bump bump bump bump
(Bbm)F
bump bump bump bump
(Gb)Ab
Maybe there's an - other way
Bbm
That we can bump bump bump bump
(Bbm)F
bump bump bump bump
(Gb)Ab
Maybe there's an - other way
Bbm
That we can bump bump bump bump
(Bbm)F
bump bump bump bump
(Gb)Ab
Maybe there's an - other way
A
That we can bump bump bump bump
(A)
bump bump bump bump
Chorus:
DbEb
Drill sergeant, I don't work for you
CmBb
I'm not going to war
Cm
(I'm not going to war)
(Db)Eb
I'mma cash in beautiful books
CmBb
I work at the Barnes and Nobles store
CmDb
(Barnes and No - ble store)
(Db)Eb
You must think you're Orson Wells
CmBbCm
And this is nineteenfifty - four
DbEb
You don't understand liberty until
CmBb
Someone speaks for y'all
CmDb
(someone speaks for y' - all)
(Db)Eb
Ooo - oooh,
CmBb
I'm not going to war,
CmDb
(i'm not going to war)
(Db)Eb
Ooo - oooh,
CmBb
I'm not going to war,
CmDb
(i'm not going to war)
(Db)Eb
Ooo - oooh,
CmBb
I'm not going to war,
CmDb
(i'm not going to war)
(Db)Eb
Ooo - oooh,
CmBb
I'm not going to war, Hey!
Outro:
Gb - Ab - Bbm - F repeat 2x while fading
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.