Sending the Old Man Home

Jimmy Buffett


 INTRO:
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(G)They're sending the (G/B)old (A#x)man (G)home

Back where the (G/B)buffa(A#x)lo (D7)roam

Out (C) in the (Am7)Pacific(D7sus4)

they (G)say he (F#)was the (E7)best

(A7)Now he's in his (A7sus4)civvies

(A7)headin' (D7)home like all the rest

(G)He'll never for (G/B)get (A#x)Rosa (G)Lee

Or (G)sleepless nights he (G7)fought upon the (C)sea

He'll only have the (Am7)memor(D7sus4)ies

or (G)great books (F#)by James (E7)Jones

Cause they're (Am)sending the (D)old (D7)man (G)home

            G
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Far(C)away (far away)  Far(G)away (far away)

Another (A)life so (Asus4)very f(A)ar a(D)way

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G   G/B  A#x  D7
C   Am7  D7sus4  G F# E7
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(G)They'll tear down the (G/B)off(A#x)icer's cl(G)ub

And write off the (G/B)over(A#x)due (D7)subs

So (C)let's drink to their (Am7)memor(D7sus4)ies

our he(G)roes (F#)and our (E7)pals

To those (A7)crazy Navy (A7sus4)flyers,

(A7) to those (D7)swell Hawaiian gals

The (G)sailors will (G/B)dance (A#x)in the (G)streets

Then (G)they'll mothball the (G7)whole damn (C)fleet

We'll only have the (Am7)picture (D7sus4)books

of (G)land, (F#)sea and (E7)foam,

Cause they're (Am)sending the (D)old (D7)man (G)home


ENDING:
He'll (C))only have his (C#x)memories

or (G)great books (F#)by James (E7)Jones

Cause they're (Am)sending the (D)old (D7)man (Eb)home(G)


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