Key: D major•
Intro 1
A
D
G
Em
C
A
Verse 1
A
D
On Parris Island
A
D
From an asylum
A
Bm
And we were sharp
Bm
Em
And we were so gung ho
A
G
To lay down our lives
Verse 2
A
D
Like tameless horses
Em
G
We left in plastic
A
D
As numbered corpses
Bm
F#m
To travel light
Bm
Em
Our arms were heavy
C
A
D
A
Em
Verse 3
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G
Em
We had no home front
G
A
D
We had no soft soap
G
A
D
They gave us Bob Hope
Bm
F#m
And shot on sight
Bm
Em
And prayed to Jesus Christ
A
Em
With all of our might
Verse 4
Em
cameras
G
A
D
To shoot the landscape
G
A
D
And played our Doors tapes
Bm
F#m
So dark at night
Bm
Em
And we held on to each other
Like brother to brother
C
G
Am
We promised our mothers we'd write
D
G
C
D
And we would all go down together
C
D
G
We said we'd all
C
A
D
go down together
G
C
Em
Yes we would all go down together
A
G
Em
Verse 5
Em
Charlie
G
A
D
Remember Baker
G
A
D
On every acre
Bm
F#m
And who was right?
Bm
Em
It didn't matter in the thick
C
A
Verse 6
Bm
A
D
We held the day
E
F#
In the palm
G
F#
A
D
F#m
Bm
Of our hand
A
D
They ruled the night
Em
F#
And the night
G
A
G
Seemed to last as long as six weeks
A
D
On Parris Island
Verse 7
G
A
D
They held the highlands
Bm
F#m
As sharp as knives
Bm
Em
They heard the hum of our motors
They counted the rotors
C
G
Am
And waited for us to arrive
D
G
C
D
And we would all go down together
G
C
A
D
We said we'd all go down together
G
C
G
A
Yes we would all go down together
Outro 1
G
Em
C
A
Asus4
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G
Em
C
A
G
Em
C
A
G
A
G
A
Em
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