G C G
The heart of every man in our platoon must swell with pride
C D
For the nation's youth, the cream of which is marching at his side
G C G
For the fascinating rules and regulations that we share
C D G
And the quaint and curious costumes that we're called upon to wear
[Verse 2]
C G
Now Al joined up to do his part defending you and me
C G D
He wants to fight and bleed and kill and die for liberty
A B
With the hell of war he's come to grips
C D
Policing up the filter tips
G C D G
It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier!
[Verse 3]
C G
When Pete was only in the seventh grade, he stabbed a cop
C G D
He's real R.A. material, and he was glad to swap
A B
His switchblade and his old zip gun
C D
For a bayonet and a new M-1
G C D G
It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier!
[Bridge 1]
C D
After Johnny got through basic training, he
G C D
Was a soldier through and through when he was done
A B
Its effects were so well rooted
C D7
That the next day he saluted
G C G
A Good Humour man, an usher, and a nun
[Verse 4]
C G
Now, Fred's an intellectual, brings a book to every meal
C G D
He likes the deep philosophers, like Norman Vincent Peale
A B
He thinks the army's just the thing
C D
Because he finds it "broadening"
G C D G
It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier!
[Verse 5]
C G
Now, Ed flunked out of second grade, and never finished school
C G D
He doesn't know a shelter half from an entrenching tool
A B
But, he's going to be a big success
C D
He heads his class at OCS
G C D G
It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier!
[Verse 6]
C G
Our old mess sergeant's taste buds had been shot off in the war
C G D
But his savoury collations add to our esprit de corps
A B
To think of all the marvellous ways
C D
They're using plastics nowadays
G C D G
It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier!
[Bridge 2]
C D
Our lieutenant is the up-and-coming type
G C D
Played with soldiers as a boy, you just can bet
A B
It is written in the stars
C D7
He will get his captain's bars
G C D G
But he hasn't got enough box tops yet
[Verse 7]
C G
Our captain has a handicap to cope with, sad to tell
C G D
He's from Georgia, and he doesn't speak the language very well
A B
He used to be, so rumour has
C D
The Dean of Men at Alcatraz
G C
It makes a fellow proud to be
G C
What as a kid I vowed to be
G D
What luck to be allowed to be
G C D
A soooldier
G
(At ease!)
