Chords for Big & Rich :: 8th Of November - Live from Winstock 2016

[A] _ _ Several years ago big Kenny and I were up in the great state of [G] South Dakota
Little [D] town called Deadwood, South Dakota
Yeah, it's right [A] next to Sturgis if we got any motorcycle [B] enthusiasts out there.
You [A] know where that's at
[E] And [G#] [G] we met this gentleman
_ [D] Named Niles Harris.
He was our bartender up [A] there
_ White ponytail all the way down to his belt
_ [G] wearing a big old top hat
[F#m] covered in Grateful [D] Dead tattoos
[A] _ _ Bartending at Deadwood
_ [F#m] [G] Late one night.
He told us a story [F#m] about a battle that he was [D] in [A] on November 8th 1965
_ [Am] Every [F#] _ [C] _ [G] American was killed [D] that day as they were overrun by [Am] over 1100 [A] Viet Cong
_ _ [D] Now [G] survived but barely
[F#m] _ Got back to the States
_ [A] Spent two years at Walter Reed Medical Center.
[F#m] Would you [G] like to know what he did when he got out of Walter Reed?
[D] _ You like to know what he [A] did? _
He signed up and did three more tours of Vietnam [G] is what he did
_ _ [D] _ So we wrote this song [A] about him and all of our active duty out there today and all of our veterans
Just like the Master Sergeant this song is for you.
It's [A#] called the 8th of November
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[G] One two three
The smell of napalm [D] in the air _ [A] then the sergeant _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Like [D] _ _
_ _ [A] a dark evil cloud _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] They _ _ [A] fought for their lives, but most of them died [G] in _ _ [D] 1734 _
[A] On the 8th of November
The 8th of November
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_ _ [A] He's 68 and his ponytail's gray, [G] but the battle still plays in [D] his _ head
[A] He lamps when he walks, but he's strong when he [G] talks
Like the shrapnel he left [D] in his leg
He [A] hooks on a gray silver Demon tattoo
[G] As he ties it on [D] one time a year
And [A] remembers the fallen
As he orders a tall one
[G] All the men down with [D] his duty
Y'all sing it!
_ [A] 8th of November
The angels were crying [G] as he carried his brothers [D] _
away
[A] With the fire raining down and the hell all around
[G] There were few men left standing [D] that day
_ [F] Saw the eagle fly
_ [G] Looked in blue sky [F] _ _ [C] 1965
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Shade of [A] November _ _ _ _
_ [G] Saw _ _ [D] _ _ _
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_ [Dm] [F] the eagle fly
[G] Looked in blue sky [F] _ _ 1965
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_ On _ _ _ [A] the 8th of November
The [D] angels were [G] crying as he carried his [D] brothers away
With [A] the fire raining down
_ _ _ [G] There were few men left [D] standing that day
_ [A] On the 8th of November
The angels were crying [G] as he carried his [D] brothers _ away
With [A] the fire raining down
And the hell all [G] around
There were few men left standing [D] that day
Saw [F] the eagle fly
[G] Looked in blue sky
[F] _ _ _ [G] 1965 _ _
The _ 8th [A] of November _ _
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ On the 8th of November
[G] Said _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] goodbye to his mama
As he left South Dakota
[G] The fight pulled a red, [D] white, and blue
_ [A] He was 19 and green
With a new [D] M16
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Just doing what he had to do
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