Travis Tritt  - The Day The Sun Stood Still
Capo1

C F C F

        C
We were young and bound for glory 
        F
Itchin' for a fight like you 
         G
Bringin' hell and purgatory 
       Em
To the boys who wore the Blue 
      F                   G
And I thought I'd seen it all 
         Em                 Am
Till the day night wouldn't fall 
           F
Oh how the sun did blaze 
            G
Wouldn't go down for days. 

      C
I got shot and lost my rifle 
         F
When the first wave hit the rise 
        G
And the guns rolled out like thunder 
        Em
And the black smoke burned my eyes 
      F                G
And I watched it all unfold 
         Em            Am
Just the way the Bible told 
         F
Joshua's endless day 
            G
Keepin' the night at bay.
 
        Am
And the soldiers kept a comin' 
        F
Til the ground looked like a sea 
            G
Of Blue and Grey 
      Am
And I watched it from a distance 
          F                            G
Wonderin' if I would've fought, or run away.
 
Chorus:
                      C
The Day The Sun Stood Still
                         G
How they beat the bloody drums 
                           Am
And the seconds moved like hours 
                     F
But the sunset never comes 
                          C
And the cannons shake the ground 
                          G
And the bullets test your will 
                      Am
Even shadows found no cover 
                    F
On that Godforsaken hill 
    G                 C      F                  
The Day The Sun Stood Still.

      C
And I watched them lean their shoulders 
To the fearful hail of lead 
      G
And I prayed for night to save us 
      Em
And I cried and bowed my head 
        F               G
But the sun just kept a-creepin'
        Em               Am
Cross a cold indifferent sky 
          F
Castin' a deadly glow 
           G
On all the men below. 

        Am
All the hours in a lifetime
          F                               G
Don't add up to one while minute, in that s-un
        Am
And the heroes and the cowards 
         F                                  G
Look the same when they have fallen, by the gun. 

Chorus2:
                      C
The Day The Sun Stood Still
                               G
And the North and South looked west 
                         Am
But the evening star was sleepin’
                          F
And the daylight wouldn't rest 
                   C
Out on the killin’ floor 
                   G
The red sun on the hill 
                        Am
Shinin' down on all the dead men 
                         F
With a strange and eerie chill
    G                 C
The Day The Sun Stood Still.

Bb                     F
Do not judge, what you brother does 
C
Till you've walked a mile 
G
Rank by bloody file 
Bb                      F                G
Who's to say, if you'll run or stay, and f-ight. 

Chrous3:
                      C
The Day The Sun Stood Still
                    G
Is just beneath the skin 
                     Am
In the soul of every soldier
                       F
Every battle that he's in 
                      C
The Day The Sun Stood Still
                          G
Will haunt your dreams at night 
                     Am
And stalk your every sunrise 
                            F
Though you will not know it till
    G                 C
The Day The Sun Stood Still. 

                         G
How they beat the bloody drums 
                           Am
And the seconds moved like hours 
                     F
But the sunset never comes 
                          C
And the cannons shake the ground 
                          G
And the bullets test your will 
                      Am
Even shadows found no cover 
                    F
On that Godforsaken hill 
    G                 C      F                  
The Day The Sun Stood Still.

                      C     F
The Day The Sun Stood Still
                      C     F 
The Day The Sun Stood Still
                      C
The Day The Sun Stood Still.

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