Waving man chords by Don McLean

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Verse 1
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 (A major) I get in my car  (D major)  (G major) and I drive away  (D major) 
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There sit's a man who waves  (G major) all  (A major) day
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He sit's right there  (D major)  (G major) in his wheelchair
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 (D major) And his wave says hi  (G major)  (A major) and
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it say good (D major) bye  (G major)  (D major) 
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 (A major) He's the

Verse 2
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waving man  (D major)  (G major) he's
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the waving man  (D major) 
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Waves 'em all the same  (A major) 
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he's the waving  (D major) man  (G major) 
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He's the waving man  (D major) and he
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doesn't know  (G major)  (A major) 
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Anybody's name  (D major)  (G major) 

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Verse 3

Well I can tell by his cap

That he was in the war

But he don't get around

like he did before

When he waved those troops

Onto a foreign shore and he lost his friends

That he did adore

Verse 4
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Well  (D major) he's the waving  (A major) man  (D major) 
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 (G major) he's the waving man  (D major) 
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Waves 'em all the same  (A major) 
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he's the waving  (D major) man  (G major) 
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He's the waving man  (D major) and he
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doesn't know  (G major)  (A major) 
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Anybody's name  (D major)  (G major) 

Verse 5
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Well he  (G major) waved  (A major) hel (D major) lo  (G major) when
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he came back home  (D major) 
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And he told his girl that he would never  (A major) 
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And he raised his kids  (D major) 
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 (G major) Until they waved goodbye  (D major) 
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Then he  (A major) waved good luck  (D major)  (G major)  (A major) 
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though he had to cry  (D major)  (G major) 

Verse 6
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He's the  (D major) waving  (G major) man  (D major)  (G major) 
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he's the waving man  (D major) 
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Waves 'em all the same  (A major) 
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he's the waving man  (D major)  (G major) 
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He's the waving man  (D major) and he
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 (A major) doesn't  (D major) know  (G major)  (A major) 
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Anybody's name  (D major)  (G major) 

Verse 7
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 (D major) Well  (A major) he waved good (D major) bye
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 (G major) to his loving wife  (D major) 
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The one true girl he loved for life  (A major) 
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But he never grieves  (D major)  (G major) for
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his loving bride  (D major) 
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'Cause he  (A major) knows they'll meet  (D major)  (G major)  (A major) 
On the other side
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 (D major)  (G major) 

Verse 8
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 (D major) He's the waving  (A major) man  (D major)  (G major) 
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he's the waving man  (D major) 
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Waves 'em all the same  (A major) 
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he's the waving man  (D major)  (G major) 
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He's the waving man  (D major) and he
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doesn't know  (G major)  (A major) 
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Anybody's name  (D major)  (G major) 

Verse 9
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 (D major) Well does he  (A major) wave hello
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 (D major)  (G major) Or does he wave goodbye
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 (D major) only he can know
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What he waves and why  (A major) 
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does he wave good (D major) bye
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 (G major) To the life he led  (D major) or does
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he  (A major) wave  (D major) hello  (G major)  (A major) 
To the life ahead
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Verse 10
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He's the waving  (G major) man  (D major)  (G major) 
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he's the waving man  (D major) 
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Waves 'em all the same  (A major) he's
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the waving man  (D major)  (G major) 
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He's the waving man  (D major) and he
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doesn't know  (G major)  (A major) 
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Anybody's name  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) and no he
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doesn't know  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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Anybody's name  (D major) 
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 (G major)  (D major) 