Semper Fi chords by Peter, Paul & Mary
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Intro 1
(G major) (F sharpdim) (B minor) (Adim) (G major)
Verse 1
My father met (G major)
Elean (F sharpdim) or Roosevelt (Adim)
In nineteen forty- five (G major)
The war (F sharp minor) was finally over (B minor) then (C major)
And they were (D major) still (G major) alive
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Verse 2
(G major)
Her husband was the (F sharpdim)
president (Adim)
'Til he ran out of time (G major)
(F sharp minor) Her Franklin D., (B minor) was history (C major)
And they put (D major) him on the dime
(G major)
Verse 3
My father joined the (F sharpdim)
(Adim) leathernecks
To stay out of the mine (G major)
(F sharpdim) The (F sharp minor) new marine was
(B minor) just sixteen (C major)
In nineteen (D major) thirty- nine
(G major)
Verse 4
There were medals and mal
(F sharpdim) aria (Adim)
The South Pacific War (G major)
Through jungles (F sharpdim) (F sharp minor) (F sharpdim)
(F sharp minor) that were paradise (B minor) (C major)
And were para (D major) dise no (G major) more
Verse 5
(C major)
Soldier (B minor) s fight (D major) and soldiers (G major) die (C major)
Soldiers (B minor) live (D major) to
wonder why (C major)
Semper (B minor) fi, fe- (D major) (E minor) fo- fum (C major)
Look out peacetime, (B minor)
(D major) (G major) here we come
(F sharpdim) (Adim) (G major)
Verse 6
Some of the men (F sharpdim) who did survive
(Adim) Were not the lucky ones (G major)
(F sharp minor) War is only good (B minor) for those
(C major) Who make an (D major) d sell the (G major) guns
Verse 7
My father lay (F sharpdim) recovering (Bsus4)
(Adim) The hurt was all inside (G major)
(F sharp minor) Sometimes the wounds
(B minor) that never heal (C major)
Are (D major) the easiest (G major) to hide (C major) (B minor)
(D major) (B minor) (G major) (C major) (B minor)
Verse 8
(A minor) (D major)
When (G major) Eleanor came (F sharpdim) bearing gifts
(Adim) To San Francis (C minor) co Bay (G major)
She (F sharp minor) gave my dad a blanket (B minor)
In the (C major) hospit (D major) al that (G major) day
Verse 9
That blanket meant (F sharpdim) a lot to him
(Adim) My mother has it still (G major) (F sharpdim)
(F sharp minor) Some forget the (B minor) kindnesses (C major)
That (D major) others (G major) never will
Verse 10
(C major) Soldier (B minor) s fight (D major) and sol (G major) diers die
(C major) Soldier (B minor) s live (D major) to wonder why
(C major) Semper (B minor) fi, (D major) (C major) fe- (E minor) fo- fum (C major)
Look out (B minor) peacetime, (D major)
here (G major) we (F sharpdim) (Adim) come
Outro 1
(Adim) (G major)
Semper Fi
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