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Chords: D x00232, A x02220, G 320033
Intro
RE
Oh, come back, proud Canadians
LA
To before you had TV,
SOL
No hockey night in Canada,
RE LA
There was no CBC (Oh, my God!).
RE
In 1812, Madison was mad,
LA
He was the president, you know
SOL RE LA
Well, he thought he'd tell the British where they ought to go
RE
He thought he'd invade Canada,
LA
He thought that he was tough
SOL
Instead we went to Washington....
RE LA RE
And burned down all his stuff!
Chorus
SOL
And the White House burned, burned, burned,
RE LA
And we're the one's that did it!
SOL
It burned, burned, burned,
RE LA
While the president ran and cried.
SOL
It burned, burned, burned,
RE LA
And things were very historical.
LA
And the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies
Waa waa waah!
SOL LA RE
In the War of 1812!
Verse:
RE
Now some hillbillies from Kentucky,
LA
Dressed in green and red,
SOL
Left home to fight in Canada,
RE LA
But they returned home dead
RE LA
It's the only war the Yankees lost, except for Vietnam
SOL RE LA
And also the Alamo... and the Bay of... ham.
RE
The loser was America,
LA
The winner was ourselves,
SOL RE LA RE
So join right in and gloat about the War of 1812
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
RE LA
In 1812, we were just sittin' around,
RE
Mindin' our own business, puttin' crops into the ground.
LA
We heard the soldiers coming and we didn't like that sound.
RE
So we took a boat to Washington and burned it to the ground.
RE LA
Oh... we... fired our guns, but the Yankees kept-a coming,
RE LA
There wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago.
RE LA
We fired once more and the Yankees started running,
RE
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico, oh, oh....
LA RE
They ran through the snow and they ran through the forest,
LA RE
They ran through the bushes where the beavers wouldn't go.
LA RE
They ran so fast, they forgot to take their culture,
LA RE
Back to America, and Gulf and Texaco...oh...oh...oh...
RE LA
So, if you go to Washington, its buildings clean and nice,
SOL RE LA RE
Bring a pack of matches, and we'll burn the White House twice!
Repeat Chorus
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