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Intro 1
Am
C
F
G
F
Am
C
F
C
Dm
D

Dm
D
F

Verse 1
Am
C
F
G

I got drafted at 19
F

Me and a bunch of boys from home
Am
C
F
C
Dm
D

January '43, drove out
Dm
F

to Pine Bluff and signed on
Am
C
F

Went to basic south of Birmingham
G
F

Put me on west coast bound train
Am
C
F
C

Spent three days out in San Diego
Dm
D
Dm
F

And they shipped me back east again
Am
C
F

Left a port out of New York
G
F

Slept for months in british rain
Am
C
F

Tore it up down in London town
C
D
Dm
F

And they shipped me back out again
Verse 2
C
G
F
C

The preacher said “Boys he who is killed tonight will
D
Dm
F
C

dine with the Lord in Paradise”
G
F
C

One boy spoke up, said “preacher come on,
D
Dm

eat your supper with us
Interlude 1
F
C
G
F
C
Dm
D
Dm
D
F

Verse 3
Am
C
F

Never talk about those first days
G

Lots of friends left behind
F
Am
C
F

But I made it all the way
C

across France
Dm
F

And I fought at the Maginot line
Am
C
F

Road a tank into Belgium
G
F

Like them better than the French
Am
C
F

Like my daddy, thirty years before
C
D
Dm
F

I did my time in a trench
Am
C
F

Lots of days there's no wa ter
G
F

But the liquor kept me warm
Am
C

The cellars were stocked
F
C

to the ceiling with booze
Dm
D
Am
F

So I carried a bottle with my gun
Verse 4
C
G
F
C

The preacher said “Boys he who is killed tonight
D
Dm
F
C

will dine with the Lord in Paradise”
G
F
C

One boy spoke up , said “preacher come on,
D
Dm
F
C
G
F
C
D
Dm
F
Am

eat your supper with us”
C
Three times I made ser
Verse 5
F

geant
G
F

I'm not that kind of man
Am
C
F
C

And pretty much just as quick as I could
D
Dm
F

I get busted back to private again
Am
C
F

Cause takin' orders never suited me
G
F

Giving them out was much worse
Am
C

I could not stand to get
F
C

my friends killed
Dm
D
Dm
F
Am

So I took care of myself first
C
F

Now I know that don't sound right
G
F

Don't think too bad of me
Am
C
F
C

Now it keeps me up nights
D
Dm

What I could have done differently
Verse 6
F
C
G
F
C

The preacher said “Boys he who is killed tonight
Dm
F
C

will dine with the Lord in Paradise.”
G
F
C

One boy spoke up , said “preacher come on,
D
Dm
F
C

eat your supper with us”
G
I'd be no guest at the
Verse 7
F
C

table of the Lord
D
F

His food was not to be mine
C
G

‘Cause I cursed His name
F
C

every chance that I could
D

And I re con that's why I'm
G

still alive
Outro 1
F
C
G
F
C
D
Dm
F

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