Capo 2

Intro verse chords: build up on G


intro: C F C F C G C


 C                   F        C
Well you have been a fighting man
 F       C        G        C          
Youve seen your share of war
 C               F     C     
Living for your Uncle Sam
 F         C        G        C    
Sam dont need you anymore


F                C                                                  
Youll be gone, youll be leaving
F                C                
Youll be back home again 
      C          F     C            
On Christmas or July fourth 
   F       C      G       C        
I really dont remember when

F                    G                                                   
And Im glad to see your doing well, 
F                 G            
We all know just who you are, 
F               G       
Put your saber on the shelf 
F                        G               
and well take down the ole blue star.

break  C F C F C G C  X2

C                           F        C                                
Well I remember when youd send me letters 
F            C       G       C                   
and make my day when I was young
C                F    C               
Photographs with M-16s 
F          C   G        C    
and money from Somalia


F                C                                                  
Youll be gone, youll be leaving
F                C                
Youll be back home again 
      C          F     C            
On Christmas or July fourth 
   F       C      G       C        
I really dont remember when                                    


F                    G                                                   
And Im glad to see your doing well, 
F                 G            
We all know just who you are, 
F               G       
Put your saber on the shelf 
F                        G               
and well take down the ole blue star.

break; C F C F C G C  X2

C                       F        C        
Your back home with your little girl
 F         C        G        C           
wild and pretty, blonde and blue
C                F           C           
you cant help but be their world 
 F             C          G       C        
and they cant help but look like you


F                C                                                  
Youll be gone, youll be leaving
F                C                
Youll be back home again 
      C          F     C            
On Christmas or July fourth 
   F       C      G       C        
I really dont remember when

F                    G                                                   
And Im glad to see your doing well, 
F                 G            
We all know just who you are, 
F               G       
Put your saber on the shelf 
F                        G               
and well take down the ole blue star.


outro: C F C F C G C  X2




If playing without capo(D, G, A)