Key: E major•
Intro 1
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G#
F#m
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E
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F#m
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Verse 1
Elmer
G#
Ellsworth?
F#
F#m
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He met his maker in the first verse
B
A
F#
of the epic battle that we pass on.
F#m
A
So, you don't forget it,
A
G#
He saw the colors from the win dow.
B
F#m
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B
The enemy flag put on a free show
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B
He let him march through the front door
F#m
F#
F#m
A
Cause he couldn't let it,
B
A
E
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F#m
couldn't let it fly
A
B
Couldn't let it, couldn't let it fly
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B
F#m
B
F#m
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B
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E
Ripped the flag from the flagpole
F#m
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One month after turning 24
B
A
E
If you have faith at the right time,
F#
F#m
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B
then you won't regret it, you won't regret it
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E
On the way out the front door,
F#m
A
he became the face of a new war
B
A
E
One to the chest, he went down,
F#m
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B
A
F#m
he died in a minute, the first minute
C#m
G#
The first of many to
A
F#m
make that fall
C#m
G#
B
F#
The first of many to answer the call
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F#m
C#m
G#
The first of many to
A
F#m
make that fall
C#m
F#m
G#
B
The first of many to answer the
F#
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E
F#m
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B
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E
F#m
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call
B
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G#
The word got out, spread fast
F#
F#m
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B
There was a battle cry at last
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B
Shot down, cold blood,
F#
F#m
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they won't stand it
B
A
They were ready, when the
President sat down
F#m
A
He knew how to make a mother proud
B
A
B
G#m
He wrote a letter with his own hand
F#
F#m
A
He addressed it and
B
A
F#m
sent it on
C#m
G#
The first of many to
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F#m
make that fall
B
F#
A
F#m
the call
C#m
G#
The first of many to
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F#m
make that fall
G#
F#
Bbm
The first of many to answer the call
F#
A
E
B
F#
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B
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E
B
F#
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B
E
B
house was built?
F#
F#m
F#
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We met its maker in the first person
B
A
E
On the epic battle that would pass on
B
F#
A
So, they won't forget it,
they won't forget it
B
A
E
At the funeral in the
White
B
House
F#
A
In the priest's room drew a big crowd
B
A
E
His name shouted out loud
B
F#
A
So, they won't forget it,
A
E
They won't forget it,
B
F#m
A
B
they won't forget it
A
E
They won't forget it,
F#m
A
B
they won't forget it
you
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