Before The Great War chords by Vandaveer

SimplifiedC · Am · F · G · Em

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
You were born
Am 
before the Great War
F 
C 
G 
Born again when you were two
C 
Am 
Ah, you stood strong though
you were wrong
F 
Couldn?t break but you
G 
broke through
C 
Am 
Your daddy was a singer
F 
G 
But he never sang to you
C 
Ah, he lashed out
Am 
Yeah, he cashed out
F 
G 
And he left your mama, too
C 
He was gonna be somebody,
Am 
F 
G 
be somebody, be somebody new
C 
He was gonna be somebody,
Am 
F 
be somebody, be somebody new
G 
C 

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Verse 2
Am 
Your mother had a good heart
F 
G 
Did the best that she could do
C 
She let your hair down when
Am 
no one was around
F 
G 
She was lost, she was hurting, too
C 
Am 
You kept secrets for a living
F 
G 
You kept quiet to stay alive
C 
Am 
You told stories, shrewd stories
F 
G 
Every ending ended right
C 
You were gonna be somebody,
F 
Am 
F 
G 
be somebody, be somebody new
C 
F 
Am 
You were gonna be somebody, be somebody,
F 
be somebody new

Interlude 1

Verse 3
C 
You stood fast through the
F 
C 
roaring twenties
F 
C 
G 
You stood still in ?29
C 
You found a good man,
Am 
C 
found a very good man
Am 
F 
C 
G 
He  was gruff but he towed the line
Em 
C 
You built a home
Am 
F 
You yield a family like the one
G 
you never knew
C 
You made children
Am 
F 
You gave children all the love your
G 
daddy stole from you
C 
You were gonna be somebody,
F 
Am 
F 
G 
be somebody, be somebody new
C 
You were gonna be somebody,
Am 
F 
G 
be somebody, be somebody new
C 
You were gonna be somebody,
F 
Am 
F 
G 
be somebody, be somebody new
C 
You were gonna be somebody,
Am 
F 
C 
G 
be somebody, be somebody new