Chords for The War - Lucero (From Dreaming in America DVD)

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I [C] got drafted [F] at 19, _ _ [G] _ met a bunch of boys [F] from home. _ _
_ [Am] It was [C] January _ _
[F] 43.
[C] _ _ [D] Drove out to Pemblook [F] and signed on.
_ _ [Am] _ [C] Went to Basin, south [F] of Birmingham.
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[G] Put me on a West [F] Coast bound train.
_ [Am] Spent [C] three days out [F] in San [C] Diego.
[D] They shipped me back [F] east again.
_ _ _ [Am] I left [C] up port [F] out in _ [C] _
_ [G] England, slept for months in British [F] Rhine.
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Tore [C] it up, [F] down, and [C] landed in town.
[D] They shipped me back out [F] again. _ _
[C] And the preacher [G] said, boys, [F] he was killed [C] tonight.
_ [D] Down with the Lord in [F] paradise. _
_ [C] And one boy [G] spoke up.
[F] He said, preacher, [C] come out.
[Dm]
Eat your supper [F] with us.
_ _ _ [Am] _ [C] Never talked about [F] those first days.
[C] _ _
_ [G] Lots of friends [F] left behind.
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But I [C] made it all [F] the way [C] across France.
I [D] fought out the [F] Maginot Line.
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Rode a [C] tank [F] into Belgium.
_ _ _ [G] I like them better than the [F] French. _ _ _
[Am] I liked [C] my daddy [F]
30 [C] years before.
[D] Did my time in [F] the trench. _
_ [A] _ Lots [C] of days there's [F] no water.
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But the liquor kept [F] me warm.
_ _ [Am] Their cellars [C] were [F] stocked.
The ceilings [C] were bushed.
[D] So I carried a bottle with [F] my gun.
_ And [C] the preacher [G] said, boys, he [F] was [C] killed tonight.
_ [D] Down with the Lord in [F] paradise.
_ [C] And one boy [G] spoke up.
[F] He said, preacher, [C] come out.
[D] Eat your supper [F] with us. _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] Three times [F] I made sergeant.
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I'm not that [F] kind of man. _
_ [Am] _ Pretty [C] much [F] just as quick as [C] I could.
[D] I'd get busted back to private [F] again.
_ _ _ [Am] Because [C] taking orders never [F] suited me. _ _
[G] I'm giving them out [F] much worse.
_ _ [Am] I [C] could not [F] stand to get my [C] friends killed.
So [D] I took care of myself [F] first.
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And [C] I know that [F] don't sound right.
_ _ [G] _ Don't think too [F] bad of me. _ _
[Am] _ Now [C] it keeps [F] me up [C] nights.
_ [D] What I could have done [F] differently. _ _
[C] And the preacher [G] said, boys, [F] he was killed [C] tonight.
[D]
Down with the Lord in [F] paradise.
_ _ [C] And one boy [G] spoke up.
He [F] said, preacher, [C] come out.
_ [D] Eat your supper [F]
with us.
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I was [G] not to dine [F] at the table of the [C] Lord.
_ [E] His food was not [F] to be mine.
_ [C] Because I cursed [G] his name [F] every chance [C] that I could.
And [D] I wrecked.
That's why I'm still [F] [C] alive. _ _
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Thank you all very much for being so nice to us. _ _