{t:The One on the Right is on the Left}
{st:Johnny Cash}
{c:Intro: (strum)}
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There [G]once was a musical [G7]troupe a [C]pickin’ singin’ [G]folk group
they [C]sang the mountain [G]ballads
and the [F]folk songs of our [D]land [D7]
They were [G]long on musical a-[G7]bility,
folks [C]thought they would go [G]far
but po-[C]litical incompati-[G]bility [D]led to their down-[G]fall
Well the [C]one on the right was [G]on the left
and the [D]one in the middle was [G]on the right
and the [C]one on the left was [G]in the middle
and the [D]guy in the [D7]rear___, was a Metho-[G]dist
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This [G]musical aggre-[G7]gation [C]toured the entire [G]nation
[C]singing the traditional [G]ballads
and the [F]folk songs of our [D]land [D7]
they per-[G]formed with great virtu-[G7]osity,
and [C]soon they were the [G]rage
but po-[C]litical ani-[G]mosity pre-[D]vailed upon the [G]stage
Well the [C]one on the right was [G]on the left
and the [D]one in the middle was [G]on the right
and the [C]one on the left was [G]in the middle
and the [D]guy in the [D7]rear___, burned his driver’s [G]license
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Well the [G]curtain had as-[G7]cended, a [C]hush fell on the [G]crowd
as [C]thousands there were [G]gathered,
to hear the [F]folk songs of our [D]land [D7]
but they [G]took their politics [G7]seriously,
and that [C]night at the concert [G]hall
as the [C]audience watched de-[G]liriously [D]they had a free-for-[G]all
Well the [C]one on the right was [G]on the bottom
and the [D]one in the middle was [G]on the top
and the [C]one on the left got a [G]broken arm
and the [D]guy in the [D7]rear___, said, "oh [G]dear"
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Now [G]this should be a [G7]lesson if you [C]plan to start a [G]folk group
[C]Don’t go mixin’ [G]politics with the [F]folk songs of our [D]land [D7]
just [G]work on harmony and [G7]diction [C]play your ukulele [G]well
and if you [C]have political con-[G]victions [D]keep ‘em to your-[G]self
now the [C]one on the left [G]works in a bank
and the [D]one in the middle drives a [G]truck
the [C]one on the right’s an all-[G]night deejay
and the [D]guy in the [D7]rear___, got [G]drafted
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{t:The One on the Right is on the Left}
