The Sarge chords by Casey Black

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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We were on
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patrol outside Omdeneo in an alley
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Deeply afloat from right beneath us
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My helmet was bloodied,
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gym was blown to pieces
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When I woke up
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I was scared that I'd been captured
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And it happened that way
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Every morning thereafter
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took my doctorate of thought
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To hang an American flag here
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My name is Sergeant Hoke,
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I'm sorry if I already told you
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I can't remember
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anything since the war
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It's called the hippocampus,
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and when that part gets damaged
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You can't make a memory anymore
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Well, nurse winks at me
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and says her name
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even though apparently we
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met about an hour ago.
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And if the calendar's right,
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we met a couple hundred times or so.
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When I feel sorry for myself,
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I think about old Jim
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And I  thank God I remember him
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So if I ever see his mama,
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I say yes ma  'am, I remember him
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My name is Sergeant Hoke,
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I'm sorry if I already told you
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I can't remember anything
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since the war
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It's called the hippocampus
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and when that part gets damaged
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You can't make memory anymore
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Well,
I don't need your pity
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My brother says he sees me
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Every single weekend that he can
And I know you want to ask
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If I could, would I go back
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Yes, sir, I'd do it again and again
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I'd do it again and again
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My name is Sergeant Holcomb,
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sorry if I already told you
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I can't remember anything
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since the war
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It's called the hippocampus
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and when that part gets damaged
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Will have probably told you
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all of this before
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My name is Sgt. Hol
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combe
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I'm sorry if  I ever told you