Mercenaries chords by
Harry Chapin

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Key: D major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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It's a slow motion night

F#m

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In the hot city lights

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Past time when the good folks

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Are snoring in bed

Verse 2

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On a loose-jointed cruise

cruise

F#m

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To recolor your blues

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With il legal notions alive,

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Alive in your head

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Verse 3

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You are back from some war

F#m

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That you've been fighting for

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Some old blue blood bastard

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In a dark pinstripe suit

Verse 4

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and the word from your loins

F#m

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Has your mind in your groin

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And your back pocket

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burning with blood

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Blood money loot

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Asus4

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Verse 5

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So, you walk past the glow

F#m

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Of the flicker-picture shows

shows

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Where the raincoat men wait

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For a child to come by

Verse 6

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And the wo men in doorways

F#m

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Who have nothing to say

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'Cause your money is talking

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To the ones that you would

try

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Verse 7

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She owns the block

F#m

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With the dead pawnshop clock

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She's the answer to dreams

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That you pay to come true

Verse 8

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She's got no heart of gold

F#m

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But that's not what she's

sold

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She just sees herself doing what she

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What she has to do

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Asus4

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Verse 9

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And she's all that you're hoping

F#m

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As her coat falls open

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Give her bread she leads you

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To a bed on the floor

Verse 10

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Where for ten million years

F#m

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And through ten billion tears

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The armies of bootmen have marched

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Back from their wars

Verse 11

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She's in that state of grace

F#m

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Before time finds her face

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With a mind of old wisdoms

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And a body still young

Verse 12

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And she tastes as sweet

F#m

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As a child's chocolate

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Before the butts and the whiskey

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Had wasted the taste of your

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tongue

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Asus4

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Verse 13

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Play the music again

F#m

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Of the grey-stubble men

men

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That groaning blue symphony

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Moans evermore

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And you

Verse 14

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watch as she fakes it

F#m

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And of course you just take it

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She's better than others

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You never paid money for

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Interlude 1

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Verse 15

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You've used up your booty

F#m

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The girl's done her duty

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The turnstile has turned

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And you learn you are done

Verse 16

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You're back on the street

F#m

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Joining fresh marching feet

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You see more soldiers coming

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And your girl chooses one

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Verse 17

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And the medic has brought

F#m

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Shots for what you have caught

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Your leave is all over

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You're back on the line

Verse 18

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And the joke in the trenches

F#m

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Of the hot blooded wenches

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And the next thing that you'll do

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When they next give you

the tim.

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Verse 19

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And you're back in your army

F#m

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Back shedding red blood

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And you dream of the girl

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As you sleep in the mud

Verse 20

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And you know you'd swap with her

F#m

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If the deal could be made

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'Cause you'd rather be working at love

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Love as your trade

Outro 1

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ChordsD Am G F#m A...

D
Am
G
F#m
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Bm
Em
Asus4
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D
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F#m
A
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