Let My Tears Be Still
Written by Josh Abbott
Recorded by Josh Abbott Band

(Capo on 3)

Intro.:  | (G) (D) | (A)  |  x  2

(Verse 1)
(G) My (D)name is Lieutenant, (A) Colonel William Todd
(G) I (D)flew the Hundred And (A)First Airborne in '42
(G) You may (D)think that you've met (A)veterans like me before
(G) Ah, but (D)you don't have a (A)clue

(Verse 2)
(G) I (D)flew Korea (A)in the war you probably forgot
(G) I gave (D)40 years of (A)damn near all I got
(G) I (D)watched some of my closest (A)friends die on foreign land
(G) I still (D)hear their screams at (A)night

(Chorus)
(G) So, (A)don't you wipe a-(D)way my tears
(G) I've (A)earned them through (D)all the years
(G) Just (A)let 'em roll down like a (D)stream upon a (G)hill
Let my (A)tears be (G)still  (D) | (A)  |

(Verse 3)
(G) I (D)met Jean Ann in a (A) photograph in '44
(G) Yeah, I (D)swore she'd be the (A)girl to take my last name
(G) Fifty (D)two years passed (A) 'til the Lord took her away
(G) But, I still (D)see Jean every-(A)day

(Chorus)
(G) So, (A)don't you wipe a-(D)way my tears
(G) I've (A)earned them through (D)all the years
(G) Just (A)let 'em roll down like a (D)stream upon a (G)hill
Let my (A)tears be (D)still  | (G) (A) | (D)  |

(Verse 4)
(G) At the (D)end of my rope as I (A) lay here in this bed
(G) Thoughts and (D)prayers of my fami-(A)ly circle through my head
(G) I (D)pray when the Lord (A)opens up the pearly gates wide
(G) I'll see (D)my Jean (A)standin' there in the light

(Chorus)
(G) So, (A)don't you wipe a-(D)way my tears
(G) Hey, I've (A)earned them through (D)all the years
(G) And just (A)let 'em roll down like a (D)stream upon a (G)hill
Let my (A)tears be (Bm)still

Outro.:  | (G) Let my (A)tears be --- | (G) (D) | (A)  | (G) (A) | (D) -----