This is my take on a great tune honoring my fellow combat vets ... 
I will try to add the solo work sometime, 
but I usually do those from memory with my own twists on them   =)


Didn’t I

verse 1

F                                G                                       C
Didn't I make you proud, go and lay my life down, when you called my name.

   F                                 G                                      C
I thought I stood for something, was doin' the right thing when I went away.

          F                          
Now being back should be so simple, 

           C                                    G
but I keep getting these mixed signals from everyone.

       F                                     
Why do folks sit and judge me, 

    C                                   G
who ain't seen what I seen or did what I done.



Chorus

         C              F                    C
Didn't I burn, didn't I bleed, enough for you.

   C          F                                    C
I faced, your fears, felt pain so you won't have to.

              G                           F           Eb
Yeah didn't I do my best; and wasn't home here when I left.



Verse 


          F                          G                                 C
I've seen boys fall to pieces, grown men cry out for Jesus, till their black and blue.

          F                                                                    
I thought God was on our side, 

              G 
weren't we supposed to be the good guys 

                     C
that would never lose.

              F                             
Cause I don't see no ticker tape 

   C                              G
or five mile parade saying, thank you son.

        F                                                
Just folks that sit and judge me, 

    C                                       G 
who ain't seen what I seen or did what I done.



Chorus


         C              F                    C
Didn't I burn, didn't I bleed, enough for you.

   C          F                                    C
I faced, your fears, felt pain so you won't have to.

              G                           F           Eb
Yeah didn't I do my best; and wasn't home here when I left.