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