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Salute to a Switchblade chords by 
Tom T. Hall 
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Key: E major•BPM: 118
Verse 1
D
Me and Yates an army buddy o'mine were doin'
G
A
D
three years in Germany at the time
We came upon these Frauleins in the bar
G
Yates said darf isch zee be-
A
D
gleit- en they said ya
A
(And darf isch zee be- gleit- en
D
means can we sit with you all)
Verse 2
D
Oh we must have drunk ten
quarts of German beer
G
A
D
My conscience and my sinuses were clear
I asked that Fraulein if she was a spy she said
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A
D
nein but do bis ain bissel high
A
(A condition not uncommon to the
D
American soldier)
Verse 3
D
G
Well later on I went to be excused when
A
D
I returned I was a bit confused
Yates and his Fraulein had hit the air another
G
A
D
A
guy was sittin' in my chair
(A young soldier whom we
D
shall get to know better)
I said excuse me Mister that's my seat I'd
G
A
D
like to have it back sir if you please
Verse 4
D
That girl's a nurse and I've been awful sick
G
A
D
the man looked up at me and said mox- nix
A
(Which means that he was not overly
D
Eb
concerned with my health)
Next thing I knew he had
a switchblade knife
Ab
Bb
Eb
Lord I didn't know that Fraulein was his wife
Verse 5
Eb
I took off through that Gasthaus like a fool
Ab
Bb
Eb
behind me I heard the crashing stools
Bb
Eb
(As the police would say he was
in hot pursuit)
Well the waitress yelled there's
MPs on the way
Ab
That's one more reason
Bb
Eb
I didn't want to stay
Verse 6
Eb
As I went out the window
somethin' went switch
Ab
Bb
And I giggled all the way home
Eb
Bb
knowin' he missed
Eb
(At the time it seemed like
a laughing matter)
But next morning my coat
was lyin' there on the bunk
Verse 7
Ab
Bb
And when I saw that coat
Eb
it made me jump
That man had cut my coat
right down the back
Ab
A little bit more and they'd
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Eb
been playin' me taps
Bb
(And knowin' the sad nature
Eb
of that song I would decline it)
Verse 8
Eb
Well later on I heard that
guy got stabbed
Ab
They sent him home and did
Bb
Eb
n't that make me glad
On love and marriage I want to say one thing
Ab
Bb
Eb
oh lady if you're married wear that ring
Verse 9
Bb
(And the army has a new policy
Eb
Bb
if you can't move it paint it
Eb
Bb
If it has a switchblade knife sa lute it
Eb
Not necessarily an incident one would
Bb
Eb
Bb
want to write Mother about
Germany being full of good sol
Eb
diers good people)
Bb
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