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I Have Decided To Join The Airforce

Bee Gees

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

E○○○
A×○○
D××○
BDiagram coming soon
Em○○○○
A7×○○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              E 
Mother, I'm going to join the Air Force today 
  A                                 D 
I don't care what the neighbors may say 
        E 
But I'm going to join the Air Force today 
 
E 
Mother, I don't care what my father might think 
  A                                 D 
Perhaps it's going to drive him to drink 
      E 
But I don't care what my father might think 
 
             B            Em            A  
Don't ask me why, it's my mind and it's right 
             B            Em 
Don't ask me why, it's my mind 
     A7 
It's better, it's better than being alone 
                           B 
Alone on the ground, now I find

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Chord set

E · A · D · B · Em · A7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.