The Things That I Have Seen chords by Richard Shindell
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was proud to be the soldier
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I had been since '83
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When I joined to pay for college
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Like my brothers before me
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I was proud to serve my country
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And to be a fine Marine
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But pride can not protect me
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From the things that I have seen
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Verse 2
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When they shipped us out of Norfolk
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My family came to wave
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My Mama stood there
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Choking back the tears
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and looking brave
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And though we never spoke of it
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We all feared it just the same
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Now they tell me I should
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talk about
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The things that I have seen
Verse 3
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I was trained to take the good shot
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I was trained to clean my
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They trained me not to talk
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And they trained me not to run
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I was trained to be as silent
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As the shadow of a hawk
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But no one trained me for the silence
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Of the thing s that I have seen
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Verse 4
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Once I saw an accident
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Out on Old Rt. 17
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Mama told me not to look at it
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As we slowly passed the scene
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Thought the image of that wreckage
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Was burned into my brain
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That did not prepare me
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For the things that I have seen
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I thought
Verse 5
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I was a good man
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I thought I was elite
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I thought I'd fight the good fight
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And that I'd never see defeat
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Then we won that bloody war
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And how we laughed at their retreat
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Now I wage a losing battle
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Against the thing s that I have seen
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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Be glad that modern science
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Has given us so much
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We can rifle through the channels
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Without ever standing up
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But I can't find a station
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That hasn't had enough
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Of this morbid fascination
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With the things that I have seen
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And me, I can't stop dreaming
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About the things that I have seen
Outro 1
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The Things That I Have Seen
Richard Shindell
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