Key: F major•
Intro 1
F
D
Bb
G
Verse 1
G
C
On Parris Island
G
C
From an asylum
Am
Em
As sharp as knives
Am
Dm
And we were so gung ho
G
F
G
to lay down our lives
Verse 2
G
C
Like tameless horses
G
C
As numbered corpses
Am
Em
To travel light
Am
Dm
Our arms were heavy
G
D
G
Verse 3
G
C
We had no soft soap
G
C
They gave us Bob Hope
Am
Em
And shot on sight
Am
Dm
And prayed to Jesus Christ
G
F
G
With all of our might
Verse 4
G
C
To shoot the landscape
G
C
And played our Doors tapes
And it was dark
Em
Am
So dark at night
Em
Am
Dm
And we held onto each other
Like brother to brother
Bb
F
Gm
We promised our mothers we'd write
Chorus 1
F
Bb
C
And we would all go down together
F
Bb
We said we'd all go down
G
C
together
F
Bb
Yes, we would all go down
Dm
G
together
F
D
G
Verse 5
G
C
Remember Baker
G
C
On every acre
And who was wrong?
Em
Am
And who was right?
Em
Am
Dm
It didn't matter
Bb
G
In the thick of the fight
Bridge 1
Am
G
C
We held the day
D
E
Dm
E
In the palm of our hands
Am
G
C
They ruled the nights
Dm
E
Dm
G
And the nights seemed to last
Verse 6
G
C
On Parris Island
G
C
They held the highland
And they were sharp
Em
Am
As sharp as knives
Em
Am
Dm
They heard the hum of the motors
They counted the rotors
Bb
F
Gm
And waited for us to arrive
Chorus 2
F
Bb
C
And we would all go down together
F
Bb
We said we'd all go down
G
C
together
F
Bb
Dm
Yes, we would all go down to
Outro 1
G
F
D
Bb
(gether)
G
F
D
Bb
G
F
D
Bb
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