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8th Of November - Big & Rich
Album: Comin' To Your City
Intro: A G D (x2)
A
Said goodbye to his mama as he left South Dakota
G D
To fight for the red, white and blue
A
He was 19 and green with a new M-16
G D
Just doin' what he had to do
A
He was dropped in the jungle where the choppers would rumble
G D
With the smell of napalm in the air
A G
Then the sergeant said, look up ahead
A
Like a dark evil cloud 1200 came down
G D
On him and 29 more
A
They fought for their lives but most of them died
G D
In the 173rd airborne
Chorus:
A
On the 8th of November the angels were cryin'
G D
As they carried his brothers away
A
With the fire raining down and the hell all around
G D
There were few men left standing that day
F G
Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky
F G A G D
1965, the 8th of November
A
Now he's 58 and his ponytail's gray
G D
But the battle still plays in his head
A
He limps when he walks but he's strong when he talks
G D
Bout the shrapnel left in his leg
A
He puts on a gray suit over his airborne tattoo
G D
And he ties it on one time a year
A (one strum)
And remembers the fallin' as he order's a tall one
G D
Swallows it down with his tears
CHORUS
A G D
F(one strum) G (one strum)
Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky
F G (one strum each)
1965
CHORUS x2 (1st 4 lines then whole thing)
A
Said goodbye to his mama as he left South Dakota
G D
To fight for the red, white and blue
A
He was 19 and green with a new M-16
G D
Just doin' what he had to do
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In the second verse, where it's "'bout the ??? they left in his leg", the word you're looking for is "shrapnel". "'bout the shrapnel they left in his leg". -zimmiez | 11/11/2005 | thanks! -Shantel | 11/11/2005 | OMG! Great tab! Love this new song. Thanks -mellencampfan | 11/12/2005 | does anyone have this song in tabs??? -amy_claire19 | 11/15/2005 | this is an AMAZING song. great tab. go big $ rich! -cubbie21588 | 11/16/2005 | This song shows the pain and sacrifice that our people had to go through. Big and Rich deffinetly struck big with this one. -schutz | 11/26/2005 | Great tab, as usual. Just one very minor correction, the line should read: "And remembers the fallen as he orders a tall one".
-crcrcrcr | 12/17/2005 | -Shantel | 12/20/2005 |
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