Semper Fi chords by John Gorka
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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My father met Eleanor Roosevelt
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In 1945
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The war at last was over then
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And they were still alive
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Verse 2
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Her husband was the President
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Till he ran out of
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time
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Her Franklin D. was history
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And they'd put him on the dime
Verse 3
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My father joined the leathernecks
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To stay out of the mines
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The new marine was just fifteen
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In 1939
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There were medals and malaria
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The south pacific war
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Through jungles that were paradise
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And were paradise no more
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Soldiers fight
Verse 4
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and soldiers die
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Soldiers live to wonder why
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Semper fi fe fo fum
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Look out peacetime here we come
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Verse 5
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Some of the men who did survive
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Were not the luck
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y ones
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War is only good for those
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Who make and sell the guns
Verse 6
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My father lay recovering
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The hurt was all inside
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Sometimes the
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wounds that never heal
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Are easiest to hide
Verse 7
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When Eleanor came bearing gifts
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To San Francis co Bay
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She gave my dad a blanket
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In the hospital that day
Verse 8
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That blanket meant a lot to him
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My mother has it still
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Some forget the kindnesses
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That others never will
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Soldiers fight
Verse 9
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and soldiers die
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Soldiers live to wonder why
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Semper fi fe fo fum
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Look out peacetime here we come
Outro 1
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Semper Fi
John Gorka
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