Key: G major•
Verse 1
C
Bm
Am
C
D
Bm
Somewhere in Vietnam a 19-year-old
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C
soldier soldier walked out of a barroom
Am
C
D
bourbon hit me like a baseball bat
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C
her shovel in her garden
G
Bm
She raced across the yard and ask
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C
D
her neighbor Mrs Clancy what was that
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C
the window closest the river
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C
D
they'd heard a choir singing down the street
In Washington DC a private sec
Bm
D
C
retary's lips began to quiver
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C
D
papers and rose quickly to his feet
E
Eb
C#m
I lay in a cheap motel in the arms
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D
of someone else's woman
A
Bm
When a loud explosion rocked the room
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E
and turned the morning into night
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D
A
D
the street with hardly any clothes on
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D
A
D
As the sky lit up my heart stood still and
Bm
A
D
E
I could feel my face was turnin' white
A
All at once the clouds rolled back and there
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C#m
And I realized the saddest eyes I'd ever
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F#
B
seen were lookin' straight at me
D
Bm
I guess I was awakened by the penetrating
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C
sounds of my own screamin'
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D
out of bed and fall down on my knees
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Bm
As tears rolled down my face I cried dear God
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C
I'm thankful I was only dreamin'
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Am
And if I never go to hell Lord it'll be
because you scared it out of me
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC Bm Am D G...
C
Bm
Am
D
G
E
Eb
C#m
A
B
F#
Capo: No capo
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