Born On The Fourth Of July
Born On The Fourth Of July

Born On The Fourth Of July easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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  • Intro 1







    Verse 1
    As 
    a schoolboy 
    played 
    with 
    a plastic 
    grenade 

    It was 
    gray 
    and 
    with 
    caps 
    it was 
    loaded 

    In the 
    dirt 
    we 
    would cry 

    and dramatically 
    die 

    As it 
    flew 
    to the 
    air 
    and 
    ex
    ploded 

    As 
    young 
    man 
    my 
    dream 

    was to 
    be 
    a marine 

    My flag 
    was 
    worth 
    all 
    I could 
    bring 
    it 

    The 
    country 
    was 
    young, 

    when 
    the anthem 
    was 
    sung 

    Well it 
    gave 
    me 
    the 

    goosebumps to 
    sing 
    it 

    Verse 2
    I was born 
    on 
    the fourth 
    of Ju
    ly 

    No 
    one 
    more 
    loyal 
    than I 

    When my 
    country 
    said 
    so 

    I was 
    ready 
    to 
    go 

    And 
    wish 
    I'd 
    been 
    left 

    there 
    to 
    die 

    Verse 3

    When I 
    landed 
    in 'Nam, 

    I was 
    Great Uncle 
    Sam 

    I was 
    fighting 
    for 
    God 
    and my 
    mother 

    And 
    knew 
    what to 
    do 
    when my 

    first 
    tour 
    was through 

    I signed 
    up 
    and went 
    back 
    for an
    other 

    But 
    it 
    all 
    tumbled 
    down 
    when 

    we 
    ambushed 
    the town 

    In the 
    night 
    how 
    the 
    metal 
    was 
    fly
    ing 

    We 
    blew it 
    to 
    hell, 
    really 
    did our 
    job 
    well 

    But just 
    women 
    and 
    kids 
    did 
    the dy
    ing 

    Verse 4
    I was 
    born 
    on 
    the fourth 
    of July 

    No 
    one 
    more 
    loyal 
    than I 

    When 
    my 
    country 
    said 
    so 

    was 
    ready 
    to 
    go 

    And 
    wish 
    I'd 
    been 
    left 
    there 

    to 
    die 

    Verse 5

    In the 
    damn 
    DMZ, it 
    all 
    ended 
    for 
    me 

    The 
    fighting 
    broke 
    out 
    and we 
    scattered 

    One 
    shot 
    hit my 
    heel, 
    the 
    last 
    thing I 
    feel 

    The 
    next 
    hit my 
    spine 
    and it shattered 

    In my 
    hospital 
    bed 
    could hear 

    what was 
    said 

    And the 
    word 
    will stay 
    with 
    me 
    forever 

    With 
    my 
    whole life 
    ahead, 

    my 
    body 
    was 
    dead 

    And the 
    word 
    they 
    were 
    using 
    was 
    never 

    Verse 6
    was 
    born 
    on 
    the fourth 
    of July 

    No 
    one 
    more 
    loyal 
    than 

    When my 
    country 
    said 
    so 

    was 
    ready 
    to 
    go 

    And 
    wish 
    I'd 
    been 
    left 

    there 
    to die 

    Verse 7

    Now 
    wheel 
    myself 
    down 

    to the 
    crossroads 
    of 
    town 

    To 
    watch 
    the young 
    girls 

    and 
    their lov
    ers 

    And my 
    mind 
    is afire, 

    it's 
    alive 
    with de
    sire 

    Christ, 
    I'd 
    barely 
    begun, 
    now 
    it's 
    over 

    In my 
    wheelchair 
    for 
    life, 

    my 
    mech
    anical 
    wife 

    I'm 
    sup
    posed 
    to be 
    cheerful 
    and 
    stoic 

    I'm 
    your 
    old 
    tried- 
    and- true, 

    Yankee 
    Doodle 
    to you 

    Clean- 
    cut, 
    paralysed 
    and 
    heroic 

    Verse 8
    was born 
    on 
    the 
    fourth 
    of Ju
    ly 

    No 
    one 
    more 
    loyal 
    than 

    When 
    my 
    country 
    said 
    so 

    was 
    ready 
    to go 

    And I 
    wish 
    I'd 
    been 
    left 
    there 
    to 
    die 

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