Front Line chords by Stevie Wonder

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Intro 1

I am a veteran

Verse 1
A 
Em 
 (A major) of  (E minor) the war
I up and joined the army back
A 
in  (A major) nineteen-sixty-four
Em 
D 
Em 
At At  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) At sixteen,
E 
Em 
A 
Em 
 (E major) I just  (E minor) had to be a man  (A major) at any  (E minor) cost
E 
Em 
I  (E major) vo lunteered for Viet (E minor) nam,
A 
Em 
D 
where I  (A major) got my leg shot  (E minor) off  (D major) 
C#m 
 (C sharp minor) I recall a quote form a movie
D 
A 
that said  (D major) "who's more a  (A major) man
C#m 
 (C sharp minor) Than a man with a reason that's
D 
Bm 
Em 
worth dy (D major) in'  (B minor) for?"  (E minor) 

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Verse 2

They had me standing on the front line

They had me standing

on the front line

They had me standing on the front line

But now I stand at the back of the line when

it comes to gettin' ahead

Verse 3
Em 
 (E minor) 
E 
Em 
 (E major) They gave me a uni (E minor) form
A 
Em 
and a  (A major) tiny salty  (E minor) pill
To stop the big urge I might have
A 
Em 
for the  (A major) wrong kind of thrill  (E minor) 
E 
Em 
E 
Em 
 (E major) They  (E minor) put a gun  (E major) in  (E minor) my hand and
A 
Em 
said "shoot  (A major) until he's  (E minor) dead"
E 
But  (E major) it's hard to kill when "please,
A 
Em 
D 
I'm your  (A major) friend" echoes through your  (E minor) head  (D major) 
C#m 
 (C sharp minor) Brought up in church taught no man
D 
A 
should take  (D major) another's  (A major) life
C#m 
 (C sharp minor) But   then put in the jungle where
D 
Bm 
life  (D major) has  (B minor) no  price, no

Verse 4
Em 
A 
 (E minor) They had me standing on the  (A major) front line
Em 
E 
Em 
 (E minor) They  (E major) had me standing  (E minor) 
E 
A 
Em 
 (E major) on the  (A major) front line  (E minor) 
They had me standing on
A 
the  (A major) front line
But now I stand at the back of the line
Em 
D 
when it comes to gettin'  (E minor) ahead  (D major) 
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) Back

Verse 5
D 
in the world, the paper reads  (D major) today
F#m 
D 
E 
 (F sharp minor) Another war is in the brewing  (D major)  (E major) 
A 
Bm 
A 
 (A major) But what about the lives of  (B minor) yester (A major) day?
D 
And the many  (D major) happy families
F#m 
Bm 
that  (F sharp minor) have  been  (B minor) ruined?
E 
Em 
A 
 (E major) My niece is a hook (E minor) er  and my  (A major) nephew's a junkie,
Em 
 (E minor) too
A 
But they say I have no right to tell  (A major) them
Em 
A 
Em 
how they should  (E minor) do   (A major)  (E minor) 
They laugh and say quit "braggin' 'bout
A 
Em 
the  (A major) war you should have never  (E minor) been in"
But my mind is so brainwashed I'd
A 
Em 
D 
probably  (A major) go back and do it  (E minor) again  (D major) 
C#m 
 (C sharp minor) I walk the neighborhood,
D 
A 
parad (D major) ing my purple  (A major) heart
C#m 
D 
Bm 
 (C sharp minor) With a fear of agent orange that no  (D major) one  (B minor) will stop,
Em 
no  (E minor) 

Verse 6
Em 
They had me  (E minor) standing on
A 
Bm 
the  (A major) front line  (B minor) 
Em 
 (E minor) They had me standing on the
A 
Bm 
Em 
 (A major) front line  (B minor)  (E minor) 
E 
A 
They had  (E major) me standing on the  (A major) front line
But now I stand at the back of the line when
Em 
D 
A 
it comes to gettin'  (E minor) ahead  (D major)  (A major) 

Verse 7
Em 
 (E minor) They had me standing on the
A 
Bm 
Em 
 (A major) front line  (B minor)  (E minor) 
E 
Em 
They  (E major) had me  (E minor) standing on the
A 
Bm 
A 
Em 
 (A major) front line  (B minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
A 
They had me standing on the  (A major) front line
Em 
A 
But now I stand at  (E minor) the back  (A major) of the line
Em 
D 
when it comes to gettin' ahead  (E minor)  (D major) 

Verse 8
A 
Would you be (A major) lieve I do?
Em 
 (E minor) They had me standing
A 
Em 
on the  (A major) front line  (E minor) 
E 
They  (E major) had me standing
Em 
A 
Em 
 (E minor) on the  (A major) front line  (E minor) 
E 
Em 
A 
They  (E major) had me  (E minor) standing on the  (A major) front line
Em 
But now I stand at the back of the line when it comes to gettin' ahead  (E minor) 

Outro 1
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 (D major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (B minor)  (E minor) 
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 (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (A major)  (E minor) 