Chords for Teresa Brewer - The Ballad Of The Green Berets (1966)

_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] Fighting _ _ soldiers from the _ sky _ _
_ Fearless men _ [C#] _
who [B] jump and _ die _ _
Men [E] who _ _ _ do just what [B] they _ say _ _
The [F#] brave men _ _ of the [B] Green Beret
_ _ [A#] _
_ [B] Silver _ wings _ _ upon their _ _ chest _
These [C#] are [F#] men, _ _ _ _ [B] America's _ best
_ [D#]
One [E] hundred _ men _ we'll test [B] _ today
_ _ [A#]
But [F#] only three _ _ win the [B] Green Beret
_ _ [A#m] _
_ _ [B] Trained to live off _ nature's land _ _
Trained [C#] in _ combat, _ _
[F#] hand [B] to hand _ _ _
[D#] Men [E] who fight _ _ _ by day [B] and night _ _ _
_ Courage [F#] take _ _ from the Green [B] _ Beret _ _ _
Silver _ _ wings _ _
[F#] upon [B] their _ chest _ _
[F#] These are men, _ _ _ _ _ [B] America's best
_ One [D#] _
_ [E] hundred men _ _ we'll test [B] today _ _ _
But [F#] only three _ _ _ [G#]
win the Green [Bm] _ Beret
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ Back at home a young wife waits _ _ _
Her [D#] Green Beret [G#] _ _
has met [C#] his fate _ _ _ _
He [F#] has died _ _ for her [C#] bliss _ _ _ _
Leaving [G#] _ her _ _ [G]
this last [C#] request
[G#] _ _ Put silver _ _ wings _ on my son's chest _ _ _ _
[D#m] Make him _ [G#] one _ of [C#] America's _ _ best
Hail, dear [F#] _ men, _ _ [D#m] they'll test [C#] one _ _ day _
[G#] Have him _ win _ [A#] the [C#] Green _ Beret
_ _ Have [G#] him _ _ win the Green [C#] _ Beret
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _