Sniper's Hill chords by
Buddy Starcher
Buddy Starcher

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Key: B major
Verse 1
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D

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I still
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G

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C
C

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have his last letter
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G

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That he wrote from Sniper's Hill
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I still cry when I read it,
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D
D

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Though it was his master's will.
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G

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I will read it once again,
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C

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Pretty soon it will be done,
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My heart bleeds as I'm reading
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G
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these last words from Vietnam
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Dear little mother,
forgive me honey
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for starting out like this
But I just got your letter
and the little picture of our first baby
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C

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And I couldn't resist
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G

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calling you little mother
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Be sure to take this picture every week
and send it to me
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D

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I want to watch him grow.
Show him my picture and say,
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G

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This is your daddy.
And when I come home,
he'll know who I am.
And if I don't come home,
C
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I want him to know why.
Things are pretty rough here in Vietnam.
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It's much worse than I ever
thought it would be,
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but I'm glad to be doing my
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part the best I can.
Freedom wouldn't mean much to me
if I wasn't concerned about freedom
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C

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C
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for all who wanted to be free.
We are located in a Valley
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just below Sniper's Hill.
That's what we call it for
if we as much as show the top
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C

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of our head
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a Sniper's bullet will whiz by.
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We're waiting now for reinforcements
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so we can blast them off that hill.
It's all we can do.
They've got us pinned down here
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G

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so we can't move.
We can't retreat nor advance.
And already they've killed or wounded
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C

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several of my buddies.
And believe me, honey,
it's hell to be so helpless,
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G

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unable to go to a crying for help
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but that's what war is and I'm
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sure there are some fighting
on the other side
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that feels the same way I do the only
difference is I know what I'm fighting for
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and they don't if anything happens to
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me before I can send this letter
I'm sure someone will see that you get it
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and if the worst should come
I want you to know
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my last thoughts were of you
and my son whom I'll never
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Be sure to tell him when he's old enough
that he can hold his
head high and be proud,
for his daddy died fighting
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for his country
and his loved ones.
And when his daddy marched,
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he marched with men
who stood proud and tall,
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not in protest, but in humility,
regretting that they have
but one life to give.
And when you say your prayers tonight,
honey,
as I know you always do,
include every man, woman and child
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C
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in this war -torn country,
and especially for all who may find
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their last resting place here,
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at the foot of Sniper's Hill,
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somewhere in Vietnam.
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Goodbyes were never spoken,
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but there'll be another dawn,
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There'll be peace up in heaven,
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G
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for the head of Vietnam.

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C D Bb

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