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[Verse]
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Oh, the bombs went up and the crunch came down
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In the middle of the Pennsic War:
C Em
It left us stranded in Coopers' Field,
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Ten thousand souls or more.
C
We had nothing with us but what we'd brought:
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Our cars, and our camping gear,
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And our arms and armor, tools and skills
E
We'd worked on all that year.
[Chorus]
Am E Am
So dress your ranks, lift your pikes
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Tight as the teeth of a comb;
G E
Rattling, clanking down the road,
Am
The War is going home!
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[Verse]
Am E
So a truce was called, and a council held,
And we argued all that night,
C Em
Then we all set off in a caravan
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By the early morning light.
C E
We had tipped our arrows and pikes with steel,
F
And were armored, every one;
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Our swords and bows hung ready to hand,
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For the time of rattan was done!
[Chorus]
Am E Am
So dress your ranks, lift your pikes
E
Tight as the teeth of a comb;
G E
Rattling, clanking down the road,
Am
The War is going home!
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[Verse]
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The very first town that we came to,
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We stopped for fuel and food;
C G
The gas-man said he had none to sell,
F E
The cops were worse than rude!
C
They drew their guns, we drew our bows,
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They fired – we won the day,
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For their backup radios all were dead,
E Am
And shortly, so were they.
[Chorus]
Am E Am
So dress your ranks, lift your pikes
E
Tight as the teeth of a comb;
G E
Rattling, clanking down the road,
Am
The War is going home!
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[Verse]
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The very next town that we came to,
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They had no fuel at all.
Em
The garage-men said they could change our cars
F E
To run on alcohol,
C G
But five thousand cars would take as long
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As to grow a crop of grain –
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So we made a deal, and moved on out
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In a horse-drawn wagon train!
[Chorus]
Am E Am
So dress your ranks, lift your pikes
E
Tight as the teeth of a comb;
G E
Rattling, clanking down the road,
Am
The War is going home!
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E Am
The very third town that we came to
Em
The rulers had gone mad!
C Bm
The cops tried to enslave us all
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And steal what all we had.
C G
Our armor proved half bulletproof,
F E
Our weapons worked as well:
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The townsfolk afterward thanked us all
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For freeing them from Hell.
[Chorus]
Am E Am
So dress your ranks, lift your pikes
E
Tight as the teeth of a comb;
G E
Rattling, clanking down the road,
Am
The War is going home!
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[Verse]
Am E
So, town by town, we worked our way
Am Em
Just to take our people home;
C Em
The legends that we left behind
F E
It seems, would rival Rome!
C Em
For now the folk come seeking us
F E
To take their troubles on,
G C
To be their teachers and champions
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In a world where law is gone.
[Chorus]
Am E Am
So dress your ranks, lift your pikes
E
Tight as the teeth of a comb;
G E
Rattling, clanking down the road,
Am
The War is going home!
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[Verse]
E Am
How can we not take up the steel
Em
For to serve our people's need?
C G
How can we leave our land to fall
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To any bandit's greed?
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We have the skills to save our folk
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From whatever evil thrives:
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And – admit the truth – this is the chance
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We've hoped for all our lives!
[Chorus]
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So, dress your ranks, lift your pikes
Am Em
Tight as the teeth of a comb;
G Am
Rattling, clanking down the road,
G Em E
Dressed in leather and steel and – woad?
Em F E
All too aware of history's loooooooaaad,
Am G
The War is going home!
Am
The War is coming home!
