Red, White And Blue Was His Shroud chords by Hoyt Axton

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 (D major) Red, white, and blue was  (C major) his  (D major) shroud,
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Red, and blue was  (C major) his  (D major) shroud.
Say, here's a medal
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made of  (C major) shining gold,
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Your  (D major) son is dead nineteen  (C major) years old.
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Hey,  (D major) hey,  (C major) mama, ain't you proud?  (D major) 
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Red, white, and blue  (C major) was his  (D major) shroud
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Where, oh,  (C major) where does he  (D major) lie?
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Where, oh,  (C major) where does he  (D major) lie?
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He lies all in some  (C major) foreign land
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He  (D major) left a boy, but he  (C major) died a man
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Hey,  (D major) hey,  (C major) daddy ain't you  (D major) proud?
Red, white and blue,
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who's  (C major) a  (D major) shroud?  (C major)  (D major) 
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Told his  (C major) sweet girl bye  (D major) -bye
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Told his  (C major) sweet girl bye  (D major) -bye
He said, I'll be back.
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He didn't  (C major) know he lied.
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He  (D major) called her name before  (C major) he died.
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 (D major) Hey, sweet  (C major) girl, ain't you proud?  (D major) 
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Told his  (C major) sweet girl bye  (D major) -bye.  (C major)  (D major) 
Red, white, and blue was his shroud.
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Black silk was  (C major) his mama's  (D major) shroud.
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Black silk was  (C major) his mother's  (D major) shroud
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Say she died a  (C major) broken heart,
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 (D major) from her son she  (C major) could not part
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Hey,  (D major) hey,  (C major) people, ain't you  (D major) proud?
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Black silk was  (C major) his mother's  (D major) shroud  (C major)  (D major) 
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Red, and  (C major) blue was his  (D major) shroud.
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Red, and  (C major) blue was his  (D major) shroud.
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Red, and blue was  (C major) his  (D major) shroud.