Key: E major
Verse 1
D
G
wringing her poor hands
Crying, son of God, pity my man
G
D
Oh, burn on me, running wild, running wild
He was thrown into a crossfire
with a farm boy with a gun
On a mountainside in Italy
G
Gsus2
G
His best friend died beside him,
G
D
G
D
Oh Bernard, washed in blood,
G
D
G
D
G
washed in blood
D
And it's gonna be a cold one,
dear God
I dread the day
Carry my dear daddy to his grave
D
G
D
snow hard beneath my boot
Gsus2
G
D
Open Army, 9 -Gun Salute
G
D
At the cracking of the rifles,
I could feel that hero jump
A hundred wild geese took to the sky
G
Gsus2
G
D
Open arms, nev er die,
G
D
G
never die
D
I sit drinking my coffee,
deciphering the news
My garden so green, my sky so blue
G
Gsus2
D
Woven on, so much to lose
I saw him at the airport,
a lost boy in uniform
All the light in his eyes, dead and gone
G
Gsus2
G
D
Or if an army can't go home,
G
D
G
D
G
D
G
can't go home
D
G
D
G
D
We
How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G Gsus2
More songs by Dana Cooper
Discover chords for more songs to play
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users
