VETERAN'S DAY 
(Tom Russell)





verse 1
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Well I used to hang out down at the local VFW hall
     A                                  E
And stare at the photographs up on the wall
      A                                                    D 
Of the neighborhood boys that died in the wars we've been through
       A                              E               A  	 
And the hand lettered sign that said remember Jimmy McGrew


verse 2
 A                               D
Well Jimmy went to Nam back in 1965
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But there's a lot of men here that think Jimmy McGrew's still alive
            A                                        D
Though they carved his name on a stone in Washington DC
    A                        E                          A  
His brother said that stone don't prove a d**n thing to me



CHORUS:

                D                     A 
It's veteran's day and the skies are gray
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Leave the uniforms home cause there ain't gonna be a parade
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But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through
           A                     E                 A
And leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew


( guitar One Verse )


verse 3 

There's a hot rain fallin' on the back streets of Saigon

There's an old soldier stumblin' down the alley with his mama-san

Lord his eyes are cloudy and his arms are black and blue

He's just hangin' by a thread and he looks like Jimmy McGrew



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