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For What Was Gained chords by
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Intro 1
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Dsus4
Dsus4

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Verse 1
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In my own city,
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Dsus4
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where I come from
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I had a friend, we grew up as one
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The best of our lives, we made a vow
Em
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Dsus4
Dsus4

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To stick it out, some way, somehow
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Dsus4
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How many times
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we'd talk the night away
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How many plans we made
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to hit the road someday
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Asus4
Asus4

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Asus4
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Bm
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Em
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How many things there was to see,
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there was to be
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How many things when
Asus4
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you're young and free
Dsus4
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A
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Asus4
Asus4

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No he never had much fam ily
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Little brother and him and mama
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Asus4
Asus4

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made three
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Bm
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There was a time, there once was four,
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but he can't talk about
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that no more.
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Asus4
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And then one day, a letter came
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And on that day, I knew right there,
F#m
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I wrote
Bm
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Em
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And called for Him to fight for us
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He said, I ain't scared,
Asus4
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but I knew He was
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He looks so young in his uniform
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Mama packed the trunk
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so old and warm
Bm
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Em
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It's a sad design, the Lord He weaves
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If it was His will,
Dsus4
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then it was meant to be
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A tear was his as he stood and waited
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Mama said, we love you son,
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try to be brave
Bm
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Em
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Little brother he was, so proud of him
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Said when I grow up,
Interlude 1

I'm gonna be like him
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Bm
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Em
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Dsus4
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Verse 2
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It was a Sunday morning,
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little brother ran
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Up the front porch cryin'
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with a telegram
Bm
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The contents read, it was on a hill
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It was an action, a boy was killed
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Mama shrunk and fell, said,
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God help me understand
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And on her shoulder was little
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brother's hand
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I'll be alright,
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go on to your room
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Thinking to herself,
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he'll be eighteen soon
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To die so young, in an unknown land
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Where the shame of blood
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is on no one's hand
Bm
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And on whose heart will the guilt be bound
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The one who sent him out,
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the one who shot him down.
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He was 18, and he had to die.
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And to this day,
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God knows I don't know why.
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To be so young paid such a cost
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for what was gained for what was lost
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for what was gained
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for what was lost

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Chords

  • A

  • D

  • Dsus4

  • G

  • Bm

    2

  • Em

  • Asus4

  • F#m

    2

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What is the original key of For What Was Gained?

The original key of For What Was Gained by Eric Andersen is D major.

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The primary chords used in For What Was Gained are A, D, Dsus4, G, Bm, Em.

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