Key: Bb minor
Verse 1
Ebm
Well with buck shot
eyes and a purple heart
I rolled down the national stroll
Abm
And with a big fat paycheck
Strapped to my hip sack
Ebm
And a shore leave wristwatch underneath
My sleeve
Bbm
Abm
In a Hong Kong drizzle on Cuban heels
Ebm
I rowed down the gutter to the Blood Bank
And I'd left all my papers
on the Ticonderoga
And was in a bad need of a shave
Abm
And so I slopped at the corner
on cold chow mein
Ebm
An d shot billards with a midget
Until the rain stopped
Bbm
And I bought a long sleeved shirt
Abm
With horses on the front
Ebm
And some gum and a lighter and a knife
And a new deck of cards
(with girls on the back)
And I sat down and wrote a
letter to my wife
Verse 2
Abm
And I said Baby,
Ebm
I'm so far away from home
Bbm
And I miss my Baby so
Abm
I can't make it by myself
I love you so
Ebm
Verse 3
Well I was pacing myself
Gb
Ebm
Trying to make it all last
Squeezing all the life
Out of a lousy two day pass
Abm
And I had a cold one
at the Dragon
Ebm
With some Filipino floor show
Abm
And talked baseball with a lieutenant
Bbm
Over a Singapore sling
Abm
And I wondered how the same
Ebm
moon outside
Over this Chinatown fair
Could look down on Illinois
And find you there
And you know I love you Baby
Verse 4
Abm
And I'm so far away from home
Ebm
And I miss my Baby so
Bbm
Abm
I can't make it by myself
I love you so
Ebm
Abm
Ebm
Verse 5
Shore Leave.
Abm
Shore Leave.
Outro 1
Abm
Ebm
Ab
Ebm
Bbm
Abm
Ebm
Ab
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