For What Was Gained chords by Eric Andersen
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Intro 1
(A major) (D major) (A major) (Dsus4) (D major)
Verse 1
In (D major) my own (A major) city,
where I come (D major) from (Dsus4) (D major)
I had a friend, (G major) (D major) we grew up as one (A major) (D major)
(A major) The best of our (B minor) lives, (D major) we made a vow
(E minor) To (G major) stick it out, (A major) some way, somehow (Dsus4)
(D major) How (Dsus4) (D major) many times (A major)
we'd talk the night (D major) away
How many plans (G major) we made
(D major) to hit the road someday
(A major) (Asus4) (A major) (Asus4)
(A major) How many things (B minor) there was to (E minor) see,
there was to (G major) be
How many things (A major) when
you're young (Asus4) and free (D major)
No (Dsus4) he (D major) never had (A major) much fam (Asus4) ily
Little (D major) brother and him (G major) and (D major) mama
made (A major) three (Asus4)
(A major) There was a time, (B minor) there once was four, (E minor)
but (G major) he can't talk (A major) about
that no more. (D major)
And then one day, (A major) a letter came (Asus4)
(D major) And on that day, (G major) I knew right there,
(F sharp minor) I wrote (D major) (A major)
And called for Him (B minor) to fight for us (E minor)
He (G major) said, I ain't scared, (A major)
but I (Asus4) knew He (D major) was
He looks so young (A major) in his uniform
(D major) Mama packed (G major) the trunk
(D major) so old and (A major) warm
It's a sad design, (B minor) the Lord He weaves (E minor)
If (G major) it was His will, (A major)
then it was meant to (Dsus4) be (D major)
A tear was his (A major) as he stood and waited (D major)
Mama said, we (G major) love you son, (D major)
try to be brave (A major)
Little brother he was, (B minor) so proud of him (E minor)
Said (G major) when I grow up, (A major)
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Interlude 1
I'm gonna be like him
(D major) (A major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) (A major) (B minor) (D major) (E minor) (G major) (A major)
(Dsus4) (D major)
Verse 2
It (D major) was a Sunday morn (A major) ing,
little brother ran (D major)
Up the front porch cryin' (G major)
(D major) with a telegram (A major)
The contents read, (B minor) it was on a hill
(E minor) It (G major) was an ac (A major) tion, a boy was (D major) killed
Mama shrunk and fell, (A major) said,
God help me understand (D major)
And on her shoulder (G major) was (D major) little
brother's hand (A major)
(Asus4) I'll (A major) be alright, (B minor)
go on to (E minor) your room
Think (G major) ing to herself, (A major)
he'll be eighteen soon (D major) (A major) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(D major) To die so young, (A major) in an unknown (D major) land
Where the shame of blood (G major)
is (D major) on no one's (A major) hand
And on whose heart (B minor) will the guilt be (E minor) bound
The (G major) one who sent him out (A major) ,
the one who shot him down. (D major)
He was 18, (A major) and he had to die. (D major)
And to this day, (G major)
God knows (D major) I don't know why. (A major)
To be so young (B minor) paid (D major) such a cost (E minor)
for (G major) what was gained (A major) for what was (D major) lost
for what was gained (A major)
for what was lost (D major)
You
For What Was Gained
Eric Andersen
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