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Version 1------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richie Havens - Handsome Johnny ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed By: Adam O'Neil () Email: Notes: This is the woodstock version of Richie Havens classic, Handsome Johnny. There is a woodstock DVD going round with some great footage of this track and I worked it out from that. Tuning: Open D (D,A,D,F#,A,D) Chords - D - (OOOOOO) E9- (222222) A - (777755) B9- (999999) Strumming Style - Fast (8/sec roughly) Playing Style - Played with thumb to bar whole fret. Pull thumb off E9 to play open for a couple of strums ad lib. Intro - E9,D,E9,D A B9 E9 D E9 D Hey look yonder, tell me what's that you see, A B9 E9 D E9 D marching to the fields o f Concord A B9 E9 D E9 D It look s like H andsome Johnny with a musket in his hand B9 D E9 D B9 D E9 D Marching to the Concord war. Hey, Marchi ng to the concor d war. Break - E9,D,E9,D Hey look yonder, tell me what you see Marching to the fields of Gettysburg It looks like Handsome Johnny with flintlock in his hand Marching to the Gettysburg war, Hey marching to the Gettysburg war INTERLUDE: A B9 E9 A B9 E9 Hey, it's a long hard road, It's a long hard road A B9 E9 It's a long hard road before we'll be free. Hey look yonder, tell me what's that you see Marching to the fields of Dunkirk It looks like Handsome Johnny with a carbine in his hand Marching to the Dunkirk war, Hey marching to the Dunkirk war Hey look yonder, tell me what you see Marching to the fields of Korea It looks like Handsome Johnny with an M1 in his hand Marching to the Korean war, Hey marching to the Korean war Interlude Hey look yonder, tell me what you see Marching to the fields of Viet Nam It looks like Handsome Johnny with an M15 Marching to the Viet Nam war, Hey marching to the Viet Nam war Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see Marching to the fields of Birmingham It looks like Handsome Johnny with his hand rolled in a fist Marching to the Birmingham war. Hey, marching to the Birmingham war Interlude Hey what's the use of singing this song Some of you are not even listening Tell me what it is we've got to do Wait for are fields to start glistening Hey wait for the bullets to start whistling Hey here come the hydrogen bombs And here come the guided missile Here come the hydrogen bombs I can almost hear its whistle, I can almost hear its whistle