Key: E major
Verse 1
D
I pull my boots off,
F#m
G
Em
throw my weapons on the floor
D
Cry my eyes out,
F#m
G
Em
in my private little war
D
Well it seems I've been a soldier
F#m
Heaven knows I've been no saint
G
In my camouflage and armor,
Em
cold heart and grease paint
D
To you this has no meaning
F#m
the Armistice laid down
G
The armies are all quiet and the gun
Em
s don't make a sound
G
'Cause
Verse 2
D
Bm
you melted the steel walls,
Am
tore down the barbed wire
Filled in the trenches,
G
D
demanded a cease fire
And now you're leaving,
Bm
Am
there's nothing I can do
G
I want you to know you're gonna take
D
me with you
F#m
G
Verse 3
Em
D
Well now three on a match is suicide
F#m
in the foxhole of my mind
G
And way off in the distance the air
Em
raid sirens whine
D
And they sing your song of rescue
F#m
to my tattered worn out shell
G
You drag me to your safety from
Em
this my front line hell
G
'Cause you
Verse 4
D
Bm
melted the steel walls,
Am
tore down the barbed wire
Filled in the trenches,
G
D
demanded a cease fire
Bm
And now you're leaving,
Am
there's nothing I can do
G
I want you to know you're gonna
D
take me with you
G
Verse 5
Bm
C
The blood that was spilled in the
D
Dsus4
D
Bm
heartache be fore
G
Left road maps of scars that I nev
A
er could ignore
Verse 6
D
'Cause you melted the steel walls,
Bm
Em
tore down the barbed wire
Am
D
Filled in the trenches,
G
F#m
D
demanded a cease fire
And now you're leaving,
Bm
Am
there's nothing I can do
G
D
F#m
I want you to know you're gonna take me with you
Outro 1
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Bm
Am
G
D
Bm
Am
G
D
Bm
Am
G
D
Bm
Am
G
D
Bm
Am
G
D
G
D
Bm
Am
G
D
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