John Statz - 1898 Chords

CAPO: 3rd Fret



INTRO: D  Cadd9  Em7  D/A   (2x)

       Am        C  G
It was carnival, 1898
          D           C          G
When they blew up the Maine in Havana
    D                Am       C                   G
The young across the country, they all called for blood
        D      C      G
But the elders they remembered


              D              Am          C               G
'Cause they'd fought a Civil War, they'd seen the bodies piled
D               C       G
They were in no rush to send young men to die
         D      Am                C              G
But them yellow journalists, they got the nation riled
         D         C       G
And them war drums kept on beating


CHORUS: 
    Em       G               D
The world it never knew what hit
     Em      G         D
The American century begun
         Em            G             D                   A
And that short little war, that they had themselves with Spain
    Em    G             D
Old Glory never was the same
    Em    G  D
Oh, after 1898


INSTRUMENTAL:  D  Cadd9  Em7  D/A  (2X)


                      Am        C            G
They raced the Riders down, was Teddy at the helm
         D         C         G
And they set their sails for Cuba
    D            Am             C              G
Was Dewey in the east, with his white, shining fleet
         D               C          G
And they took them Philippines in a day


CHORUS: 
    Em       G               D
The world it never knew what hit
     Em      G         D
The American century begun
         Em           G              D                   A
And that short little war, that they had themselves with Spain
    Em    G             D
Old Glory never was the same
    Em    G  D
Oh, after 1898
    Em    G  D
Oh, after 1898


OUTRO:  D  Cadd9  Em7  D/A  (2x)