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)
Abm
Shame on you,
BBb7
You say you served your country While I'm young
Abm
Shame on you,
BBb7
Mixin' my mind up, handing me guns
Abm
Byebye Mom and Dad and all
BBb7
Just incase there's failure
Abm
I could be blaming you
BEb
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)
Abm
Aim on you
BbBb7
Level their buildings, de - stroy their soil
Abm
Aim on you
BbBb7
Did you finally figure where to run that oil?
Abm
Why cry if a man should die,
BBb7
when there's probable failure?
Abm
Or I could just aim at you
BEb
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.