8th Of November chords by Big & Rich (Official Version)
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Said goodbye to his momma
as he left South Dakota
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To fight for the red, white and blue
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He was nineteen and green
with a new M-16
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Just doing what he had to do
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He was dropped in the jungle
where the choppers would rumble
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With the smell of napalm in the air
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Then the sergeant said, "Look up ahead"
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Verse 2
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Like a dark evil cloud
Twelve hundred came down
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on him and twenty-nine more
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They fought for their lives
but most of them died
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In the one- seventy- third Airborne
Chorus 1
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On the eighth of November
the angels were crying
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As they carried his brothers away
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With the fire raining down
and the hell all around
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There were few men left standing that day
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Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky
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Nineteen- sixty- five, the eighth of
Interlude 1
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(November)
Verse 3
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Now he's fifty-eight and his ponytail's gray
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But the battle still plays in his head
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He limps when he walks
but he's strong when he talks
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'Bout the shrapnel they left in his leg
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He puts on a gray suit
over his Airborne tattoo
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And he ties it on one time a year
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And remembers the fallen
as he orders a tall one
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And swallows it down with his tears
Chorus 2
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On the eighth of November
the angels were crying
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As they carried his brothers away
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With the fire raining down
and the hell all around
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There were few men left standing that day
Fmaj7
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Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky
Fmaj7
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Nineteen- sixty- five, the eighth of
Interlude 2
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(November)
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Bridge 1
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Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky
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Nineteen- sixty- five (sixty- five)
Chorus 3
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On the eighth of November
the angels were crying
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As they carried his brothers away
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With the fire raining down
and the hell all around
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There were few men left standing that day
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On the eighth of November
the angels were crying
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As they carried his brothers away
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With the fire raining down
and the hell all around
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D
There were few men left standing that day
Fmaj7
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Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky
Fmaj7
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Nineteen- sixty- five
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the eighth of
Interlude 3
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(November)
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The eighth of November
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(The eighth of November)
Outro 1
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Said goodbye to his momma
as he left South Dakota
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D/F#
To fight for the red, white and blue
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He was nineteen and green
with a new M-16
G
D/F#
Just doing what he had to do
8th Of November
Big & Rich
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