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Key: D minor

Intro 1

Best of days liv

Verse 1
C C 
 
in' a simple life
G G 
 
There's nowhere to go when
D D 
 
there's only one stop light
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
His grandmother told him,
C C 
 
"Don't you dare sign up
G G 
 
They'll ship you away
D D 
 
to places we ain't heard of
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Get a   degree, and maybe be a doctor
G G 
 
Just ask your daddy,
D D 
 
it won't matter once they got ya"
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Lifetimes you could spend to find
out what she meant
G G 
 
Her final dyin' breath,
D D 
 
this is what she said
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
"Long gone is the

Verse 2
C C 
 
praise for
those who fought for us
G G 
 
Ashes to ashes,
D D 
 
turns out steel still rusts
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Stone carved in your name,
no one can really trust
G G 
 
D D 
 
Shoulder another soldier
they stole from us
Am Am 
 
Don't ever bend,
C C 
 
don't ever crawl
G G 
 
D D 
 
Supposed to stand and never fall
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Long gone is the praise for
those who fought for us
G G 
 
Ashes to ashes,
D D 
 
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
turns out steel still rusts"

Verse 3
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
(Ashes to ashes and dust to dust)
Am Am 
 
Steel still rusts
C C 
 
(Ashes to ashes and
G G 
 
D D 
 
dust to dust)
Am Am 
 
A third of his life off

Verse 4
C C 
 
in a foreign land
G G 
 
Thanks for your service,
D D 
 
sincerely, Uncle Sam
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Lost the best of friends he'd ever known
G G 
 
And no line of welcome signs
D D 
 
once he got back home
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
He got a job, a doorman at a dive bar
G G 
 
Became a bodyguard,
D D 
 
protecting famous rock stars
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Lost count of the times he's
been around the world
G G 
 
Promised grandmama he'd
D D 
 
never lose these words
Am Am 
 
Long gone is the

Verse 5
C C 
 
praise for
those who fought for us
G G 
 
Ashes to ashes,
D D 
 
turns out steel still rusts
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Stone carved in your name,
no one can really trust
G G 
 
D D 
 
Shoulder another soldier
they stole from us
Am Am 
 
Don't ever bend,
C C 
 
don't ever crawl
G G 
 
D D 
 
Supposed to stand and never fall
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Long gone is the praise for
those who fought for us
G G 
 
Ashes to ashes,
D D 
 
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
turns out steel still rusts

Verse 6

(Ashes to ashes and dust to dust)

Steel still rusts

(Ashes to ashes and dust to dust)

And dust to dust

Interlude 1
D D 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
Forever feel

Verse 7
C C 
 
the wounds
that never heal
G G 
 
D D 
 
When fallen friends are now a line
of crosses in a field
Am Am 
 

Verse 8
C C 
 
Long gone is the praise for
those who fought for us
G G 
 
Ashes to ashes,
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
turns out steel still rusts (steel still rusts)
C C 
 
Stone carved in your name,
no one can really trust
G G 
 
D D 
 
Shoulder another soldier
they stole from us
Am Am 
 
Don't ever bend,
C C 
 
don't ever crawl
G G 
 
D D 
 
Supposed to stand and never
Am Am 
 
fall (and never fall)
C C 
 
Long gone is the praise for
those who fought for us
G G 
 
Ashes to ashes,
D D 
 
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
turns out steel still rusts

Verse 9
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
(Ashes to ashes and dust to dust)
Am Am 
 
Steel still rusts (steel still
C C 
 
rusts)
G G 
 
D D 
 
(Ashes to ashes and dust to dust)
Am Am 
 
Steel still rusts

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