Key: A major
Verse 1
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Esus4
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I've
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Died in 1942 at the age of 43
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My grandmother was his widow
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And my father was his son
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Oh, but I know next to nothing
Verse 2
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Who liked to smoke and drink
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Attractive's what I think
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And there's one of him in uniform
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And it must have been World War I
Interlude 1
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In the wedding portrait Pos
Verse 3
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Is left hanging at his side
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Closed in a kind of half- fist
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Unsure what he'd just done
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Facing his short future
Verse 4
the table
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Before the meal'd begun
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He gave them to his son
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touched me
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And I re cognize that half- fist
Interlude 2
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Verse 5
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He began to go to seed
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They observe and I will heed
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Mugging for the camera,
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having a little fun
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Cigarette in one hand
Verse 6
And a drink in the other one
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Yes, I know a little something
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About the first Loudon
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And my father was his son
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Tell me what are we afraid of?
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Why do we res ist?
Verse 7
I spread my hands and flex my fingers
Open and close my fist
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE D A Esus4 F#m
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