Over There
George M. Cohan
Midi 1 (F88)
Midi 2(Bb120) Midi 3(Bb120) Midi 4(Bb105)* Midi 5(Bb105)*-harp |
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Bright March Tempo For Diatonic harmonica |
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This famous World War 1 song begins
with a two-beat pickup (first measure is 2 beats) and is in 2/4 time.
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Tabbed by Mark Purintun ![]() |
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Midi 3(Bb120) |
They say there isn't a free land on this planet without the result of American blood.
Lead In:
8 -8 7 6
8 -8 7 -8 6 -6 -7
7 7
(words of) We'll be | o | ver, we're coming | o | ver, and we | won't come |
7 7 7
7-7 -6-7 7
back 'til | it's | over over | there!
Verse 1:
7 -8 8 7
-6 -6 6 -6 -6
6 -6
| Johnnie get your | gun, get your | gun, get your | gun. |
-8 8 -9 -8 -6 -6 -6b
-6 -6 -6b -6 -7b -7
8 -8
| Take it on the | run, on the | run, on the | run; | hear them | calling |
-7 7 8 -8 -7
-8 8 -7 -6 -8 7 -8
8 7 -6 -6 6 -6
| you and | me; | ev'ry | son of | liber | ty. | Hurry right a | way, no de |
lay, |
-6 6 -6 -8
8 -9 -8 -6 -6 -6b -6
-6 -6b -6
| go to | day. | Make your daddy | glad, to have | had such a | lad. |
-7b -7 8 -8
-7 7 8 -7 7
-8 -8 -8 -8 -8
| Tell your | sweetheart | not to | pine, to be | proud her | boy's in | line. |
Chorus:
8 6 7 8 6
7 8 6
7 8 6
7 8 6 7
Over | there, | over | there, | send the | word, | send the | word over | there
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-8 8 -9 8
-8 9 -9 8 -8
7 8 7
that the | Yanks are | coming, the | yanks are | coming, the |
-7 -8 7 -7 7 -6
-8
drums rum | tumming ev'ry | where. |
8 6
7 8 6 7
8 6 7 8
6 7 8 6
7
So pre | pare, say a | prayer, | send the | word send the | word to be | ware:
8 -8 7 6
8 -8 7 -8 6 -6 -7
7 7 7 7
We'll be | o | ver, we're coming | o | ver, and we | won't come | back 'til |
7 7-7 -6-7 7
it's | over over | there!
Repeat Chorus here..
Verse 2:
7 -8 8 7
-6 -6 6 -6 -6
6 -6
| Johnnie get your | gun, get your | gun, get your | gun. |
-8 8 -9 -8 -6
-6b -6b -6 -6 -6b- 6 -7b
-7
| Johnnie show the | Hun, you're a | son-of -a- | gun. Hoist the |
8 -8 -7 7
8 -8 -7 -8 8
-7 -6 -8
| flag and | let her | fly, | like true | heroes | do or | die. |
7 -8 8 -8 -6
-6 6 -6 -6 6
-6
| Pack your little | kit, show your | grit, do your | bit. |
-8 8 -9 -8 -6
-6 -6b -6 -6 -6b -6
| Soldiers to the | ranks, from the | towns and the | tanks. |
-6b -6 8 -8
-7 7 8 -7 7 -8
-8 -8 -8 -8
| Make your | mother | proud of | you, and to | liber | ty be | true. |
Repeat Chorus two times.
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From April 8, 2007
National band
George Cohan
Enrique Caruso
Sergeant
Mark Purintun (August 20, 1969)
Chu Lai, Viet Nam 1969 - 1970
Americal Division