Caroline's Spine - Sullivan Chords
Tempo:
83.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
Em
E
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [E] [C]
[E] [C] [Em] [C]
[E] It's not hard to reach back to the [G] day underneath that [C] Iowa sun
[E] Runnin' to the tower of [G] Waterloo, lookin' for the [C] Sullivan train
To [Em] come back here is my boys, would run to the [G] top and some new room if [C] he went by
[Em] First we [D] wave hello, [A] then we [Am] wave [Em] goodbye, goodbye
[C] [Em] [C]
[Em] [C] [Em] [C]
[Em] It's not hard to reach back to the [G] days after the [C] attack on Pearl
[Em] And overnight my buddies turned into men, [G] runnin' out of time for [C] gangs and [Em] girls
And the Sullivan boys were not overlooked, [G] Uncle Sam a-callin' [C] each by name
[E] The very next [D] day they left on a [A] mystery train
Say [E] goodbye, [D] bye-bye, [C] Mrs.
Sullivan
[G]
And [E] don't you cry, [A] cry, cry, [C] cry, cry
[G]
[E] We [D] regress with formula [A] and it is taking our [C] sons away
[E] We're all fine, [D] fine, fine
[A] [C] So put the [E] blue star in the [C] window, [Em] in the window
[C]
[Em] [C] [Em] [C]
[B] It's not hard to reach back to her [G] smile when she [C] received the letter
[Em] The letters, they sounded generally the [G] same, they said they couldn't be [C] home
At least they were [E] together on a mighty fighting [G] battleship
Somewhere in the [C] South Pacific, [E] the letters [D] never got much [A] more specific
[E] Say goodbye, [D] bye-bye, [C] Mrs.
Sullivan
And [E] don't you cry, [D] cry, cry, [C] cry, [G] cry
[E] We [D] regress with formula [Am] and it is keeping our sons away
[E] We're all fine, [D] fine, fine, [A] fine
[Am] So put [Em] the blue star in the window, in the window
[C] [Em]
[C] It's not [Bm] hard to reach [Em] back to the day when [G] the war finally [C] came home
[Em] Uncle Sam don't send you a telegram [G] so he doesn't have to [C] tell you over the phone
[E] I read she cracked [G] up when they found out what the war [C] had cost
[Em] We're all fighting for [D] boys, [A] we're lost
They were, they were, they were
[E] Oh, say goodbye, [D] bye-bye, [C] Mrs.
Sullivan
Go ahead [E] and cry, [D] cry
[C]
[E] We regress [D] with formula and all [A] your sons have passed [C] away
[E] We're all fine, [D] fine, fine, [A] fine
[F] So change the blue [E] star to gold, [C] blue [Em] star to [G] gold, blue [Em] star to [C] gold
Blue [Em] star, [G] change that blue [Em] gold
[C] [Em] [C] [Em] [G] [Em] [C]
[F#m] [N]
[E] [C] [Em] [C]
[E] It's not hard to reach back to the [G] day underneath that [C] Iowa sun
[E] Runnin' to the tower of [G] Waterloo, lookin' for the [C] Sullivan train
To [Em] come back here is my boys, would run to the [G] top and some new room if [C] he went by
[Em] First we [D] wave hello, [A] then we [Am] wave [Em] goodbye, goodbye
[C] [Em] [C]
[Em] [C] [Em] [C]
[Em] It's not hard to reach back to the [G] days after the [C] attack on Pearl
[Em] And overnight my buddies turned into men, [G] runnin' out of time for [C] gangs and [Em] girls
And the Sullivan boys were not overlooked, [G] Uncle Sam a-callin' [C] each by name
[E] The very next [D] day they left on a [A] mystery train
Say [E] goodbye, [D] bye-bye, [C] Mrs.
Sullivan
[G]
And [E] don't you cry, [A] cry, cry, [C] cry, cry
[G]
[E] We [D] regress with formula [A] and it is taking our [C] sons away
[E] We're all fine, [D] fine, fine
[A] [C] So put the [E] blue star in the [C] window, [Em] in the window
[C]
[Em] [C] [Em] [C]
[B] It's not hard to reach back to her [G] smile when she [C] received the letter
[Em] The letters, they sounded generally the [G] same, they said they couldn't be [C] home
At least they were [E] together on a mighty fighting [G] battleship
Somewhere in the [C] South Pacific, [E] the letters [D] never got much [A] more specific
[E] Say goodbye, [D] bye-bye, [C] Mrs.
Sullivan
And [E] don't you cry, [D] cry, cry, [C] cry, [G] cry
[E] We [D] regress with formula [Am] and it is keeping our sons away
[E] We're all fine, [D] fine, fine, [A] fine
[Am] So put [Em] the blue star in the window, in the window
[C] [Em]
[C] It's not [Bm] hard to reach [Em] back to the day when [G] the war finally [C] came home
[Em] Uncle Sam don't send you a telegram [G] so he doesn't have to [C] tell you over the phone
[E] I read she cracked [G] up when they found out what the war [C] had cost
[Em] We're all fighting for [D] boys, [A] we're lost
They were, they were, they were
[E] Oh, say goodbye, [D] bye-bye, [C] Mrs.
Sullivan
Go ahead [E] and cry, [D] cry
[C]
[E] We regress [D] with formula and all [A] your sons have passed [C] away
[E] We're all fine, [D] fine, fine, [A] fine
[F] So change the blue [E] star to gold, [C] blue [Em] star to [G] gold, blue [Em] star to [C] gold
Blue [Em] star, [G] change that blue [Em] gold
[C] [Em] [C] [Em] [G] [Em] [C]
[F#m] [N]
Key:
C
Em
E
G
D
C
Em
E
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _
_ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
[E] It's not hard to reach back to the [G] day underneath that [C] Iowa sun
[E] Runnin' to the tower of [G] Waterloo, lookin' for the [C] Sullivan train
To [Em] come back here is my boys, would run to the [G] top and some new room if [C] he went by
[Em] First we [D] wave hello, [A] then we [Am] wave [Em] goodbye, goodbye
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
[Em] It's not hard to reach back to the [G] days after the [C] attack on Pearl
[Em] And overnight my buddies turned into men, [G] runnin' out of time for [C] gangs and [Em] girls
And the Sullivan boys were not overlooked, [G] Uncle Sam a-callin' [C] each by name
[E] The very next [D] day they left on a [A] mystery train
Say [E] goodbye, [D] bye-bye, [C] Mrs.
Sullivan
[G]
And [E] don't you cry, [A] cry, cry, [C] cry, cry
[G] _
_ [E] We [D] regress with formula [A] and it is taking our [C] sons away
[E] We're all fine, [D] fine, fine
[A] _ [C] So put the [E] blue star in the [C] window, [Em] in the window
[C] _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
[B] It's not hard to reach back to her [G] smile when she [C] received the letter
[Em] The letters, they sounded generally the [G] same, they said they couldn't be [C] home
At least they were [E] together on a mighty fighting [G] battleship
Somewhere in the [C] South Pacific, [E] the letters [D] never got much [A] more specific _
[E] Say goodbye, [D] bye-bye, [C] Mrs.
Sullivan
And [E] don't you cry, [D] cry, cry, [C] cry, [G] cry
_ [E] We [D] regress with formula [Am] and it is keeping our sons away
[E] We're all fine, [D] fine, fine, [A] fine
[Am] So put [Em] the blue star in the window, in the window
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ It's not [Bm] hard to reach [Em] back to the day when [G] the war finally [C] came home
[Em] Uncle Sam don't send you a telegram [G] so he doesn't have to [C] tell you over the phone
[E] I read she cracked [G] up when they found out what the war [C] had cost
[Em] We're all fighting for [D] boys, [A] we're lost
_ They were, _ they were, _ they were
[E] Oh, say goodbye, [D] bye-bye, [C] Mrs.
Sullivan
Go ahead [E] and cry, [D] cry
_ [C] _ _ _
_ [E] We regress [D] with formula and all [A] your sons have passed [C] away
[E] We're all fine, [D] fine, fine, [A] fine
[F] So change the blue [E] star to gold, [C] blue [Em] star to [G] gold, blue [Em] star to [C] gold
Blue [Em] star, [G] change that blue [Em] gold
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
[E] It's not hard to reach back to the [G] day underneath that [C] Iowa sun
[E] Runnin' to the tower of [G] Waterloo, lookin' for the [C] Sullivan train
To [Em] come back here is my boys, would run to the [G] top and some new room if [C] he went by
[Em] First we [D] wave hello, [A] then we [Am] wave [Em] goodbye, goodbye
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
[Em] It's not hard to reach back to the [G] days after the [C] attack on Pearl
[Em] And overnight my buddies turned into men, [G] runnin' out of time for [C] gangs and [Em] girls
And the Sullivan boys were not overlooked, [G] Uncle Sam a-callin' [C] each by name
[E] The very next [D] day they left on a [A] mystery train
Say [E] goodbye, [D] bye-bye, [C] Mrs.
Sullivan
[G]
And [E] don't you cry, [A] cry, cry, [C] cry, cry
[G] _
_ [E] We [D] regress with formula [A] and it is taking our [C] sons away
[E] We're all fine, [D] fine, fine
[A] _ [C] So put the [E] blue star in the [C] window, [Em] in the window
[C] _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
[B] It's not hard to reach back to her [G] smile when she [C] received the letter
[Em] The letters, they sounded generally the [G] same, they said they couldn't be [C] home
At least they were [E] together on a mighty fighting [G] battleship
Somewhere in the [C] South Pacific, [E] the letters [D] never got much [A] more specific _
[E] Say goodbye, [D] bye-bye, [C] Mrs.
Sullivan
And [E] don't you cry, [D] cry, cry, [C] cry, [G] cry
_ [E] We [D] regress with formula [Am] and it is keeping our sons away
[E] We're all fine, [D] fine, fine, [A] fine
[Am] So put [Em] the blue star in the window, in the window
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ It's not [Bm] hard to reach [Em] back to the day when [G] the war finally [C] came home
[Em] Uncle Sam don't send you a telegram [G] so he doesn't have to [C] tell you over the phone
[E] I read she cracked [G] up when they found out what the war [C] had cost
[Em] We're all fighting for [D] boys, [A] we're lost
_ They were, _ they were, _ they were
[E] Oh, say goodbye, [D] bye-bye, [C] Mrs.
Sullivan
Go ahead [E] and cry, [D] cry
_ [C] _ _ _
_ [E] We regress [D] with formula and all [A] your sons have passed [C] away
[E] We're all fine, [D] fine, fine, [A] fine
[F] So change the blue [E] star to gold, [C] blue [Em] star to [G] gold, blue [Em] star to [C] gold
Blue [Em] star, [G] change that blue [Em] gold
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _