The War Chords by Lucero

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[Am] _ I got [Cm] drafted [F] at _ 19, _ _
[G] _ _ me and a bunch of [F] boys from home. _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] January _ _
[F] _ _ [C] 43, _ _
[D] drove out to Pine Bluff [F] and Sandon, _ _ _
[Am] _ went [C] to base [F] south of Birmingham, _ _ _ _
[G] _ put me on
a west coast [F] bound train. _ _ _
[Am] _ Spent [C] three days out [F] in San [C] Diego, [D] and they shipped me back east [F] again. _ _ _ _
[Am] _ Left [C] up port out [F] of New York, _ _ _ _
[G] _ slept for months in British [F] Reign.
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_ Tore [Cm] it up down [F] in London [C] town, and [D] they shipped me back out [F] again. _ _ _
[C] The preacher [G] said, boys, he [F] was killed [C] tonight, _
[D] down with the Lord [F] in Paradise. _ _ _ _
[C] One boy [G] spoke up, [F] said, preacher, [C] come on, [D] eat your supper [F] with us. _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ [C] Never talked about [F] those first days, _ _ _
[G] _ _ lots of friends [F] left behind. _ _ _ _
[Am] _ But [C] I made it [F] all the way [C] across France, [D] and I fought at the _ [F] Maginot Line, _ _ _
[Am] _ rode [C] a tank [F] into Belgium. _ _ _
[G] _ I like them better [F] than the French, _ _ _ _
[Am] and like [C] my daddy [F] 30 years [C] before, _
[D] did my _ time in [F] the trench. _ _ _ _
[A] _ [Am] Lots [C] of days there's [F] no water, _ _ _ _
[G] _ but the liquor kept [F] me warm. _ _ _ _
[Am] _ Cellars [C] were stocked to [F] their [C] ceilings with booze, so [D] I carried a bow with my [F] _ gun. _ _
[C] The preacher [G] said, boys, he [F] was killed [C] tonight, _
[D] down with the Lord _
[F] in Paradise. _ _ _ _
[C] One boy [G] spoke up, [F] said, preacher, [C] come on, [D] eat your supper [F] with us. _ _ _
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[A] _ _ Three [C] times I made [F] sergeant, _ _ _
[G] _ and I'm not that kind [F] of man. _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Am] Pretty [C] much just [F] as quick as [C] I could, I [D] got busted back to private [F] again. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Am] [C] Stinking orders [F] never sued me, _ _
_ [G] and giving them out was much [F] worse. _ _
_ _ [Am] I could [C]
not stand [F] to get my [C] friends killed, so [D] I took care of myself _ [F] first. _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Am] [C] Now I know that [F] don't sound right, _
_ _ [G] and don't think too [F] bad of me. _ _
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Night keeps [F] me up [C] nights, _ _ [D] what I could have done [F] differently. _ _
_ _ [C] The preacher [G]
said, boys, he [F] was [C] killed tonight, _ [D] down with the Lord in _ [F] Paradise. _
_ _ _ [C] One boy [G] spoke up, [F] said, preacher, [C] come on, _ [D] eat your supper [F] with us. _
_ _ _ [C] I'd be [G] no guest _ [F] at the table [C] of the Lord.
_ [G] _ [D] His food was not to [F] be mine, _
_ _ _ [C] because I cursed [G] his name every [F] chance that [C] I could.
[D] And I recognize why I'm still [F] alive.
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