Chords for John Gorka - Semper Fi (2021)

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_ [Abm] My _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ father met _ [D] Eleanor _ _ Roosevelt _ [G] in _ _ _ _ _ 1945.
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_ _ [D] _ The war at [Gm] last _ _ was over then, _ [Ab] _ and they [Gm] were still _ alive.
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_ _ Her husband _ [D] was _ _ the _ president, [Abm] _ _ till he ran out of [Gm] time. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ Her Franklin D.
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_ _ was history, _ _
[Ab] _ and they'd [Gm] put him on the dime.
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My father joined _ [Ab]
the _ _ _ Leathernecks _ [G] _
to stay out of the [Eb]
[Gm] mines.
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The new _ [Gm] Marine _ was _ just 15 _ _ [Ab]
in _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] 1939.
_ _ _ _ There were _ medals and _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ malaria, _ [Eb] _ _
the South Pacific _ [Gm] War, _
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[Dm] through _ jungles that [Gm] were _ _ _ _ paradise, _ [Ab] and were [Bb] _ paradise [Eb] no more. _
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[Gm] Marines they [Bb] fight, _ _ _ [Cm] Marines they _ die, _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] Marines they live,
[Bb] _ _ to wonder why, _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Gm] Semper _ _ [Bb] Fi, _ _ _
[Cm] FIFO, [Gm] FOM.
_ [Ab] _ Look [Eb] out, _ [Bb] peacetime, _ _ [Eb] here we come.
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[Ab] Some _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ of the men _ [D] _ _
who did [Ab] _ survive [B] _
were not the lucky _ [Gm] _
ones.
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War [Dm] is only [Gm] _ _ _
good for _ [Bb] [Ab] those who [Bb] make and sell [Eb] the guns.
_ _ _ _ _ _ My father _ lay [D] _ _ _
_ recovering, _ _ [B] _ _
the hurt was [Abm] all [Gm] inside. _
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Sometimes the [Bb] _ [Gm] wounds _ that never heal _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ are [Bb] easiest _ [Eb] to hide. _
_ _ _ _ When _ Eleanor _ [D] _ _ _ came bearing _ [Abm] gifts _ [Eb] to San [Abm] Francisco _ [Gm] Bay, _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ she gave [Dm] my [Gm] dad _ a blanket in [Ab] _ _ the [Bb] hospital _ that [Eb] day.
_ And _ that blanket meant _
_ [D] _ _ a _ lot to [B] him, my mother has it [Eb] [Gm] still. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] Some forget [F] _
[Gm] the _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] kindnesses _ that [Bb] _ others [Eb] never will. _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [G] Marines they fight, [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] Marines they _ [Gm] die, _ [Ab] _ Marines [Eb] they _ [Bb] live,
_ to wonder why, _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Gm] Semper _ _ [Bb] Fi, _ _ _ [Cm] FIFO, FOM.
[Ab] _ _ Look [Eb] out, _ [Bb] peacetime, _ _ [Eb] here we come.
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[Bb] Mmm, _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
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