Intro: Em7 D Cadd9 G D G
Verse
Em7 D
The family's been here for
Cadd9 G
The last hundred years
G D G
And it's all that he's ever known
Em7 D
Life in the cotton fields
Cadd9 G
Swamps and the rolling hills
G D G
Always called Arkansas home
D
But when the war came like his father before
C G
He joined the army
C G
And went to the war
Em7 D
Leaving the rolling hills
Cadd9 G
Swamps and the cotton fields
G D G
Bound for a Normandy shore
Riff
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verse 2
Em7 D
The patch that he wore on
Cadd9 G
His uniform
G D G
Was both blue and grey
Em7 D
The colors of men who died
Cadd9 G
Fighting another fight
G D G
And more would die today
D
At Omaha beach against Germany
Cadd9 G
A young country boy
C G
Struggled out of the sea
Em7 D
Up on the sand where
Cadd9 G
Many a man
G D G
Would never know victory
Riff
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verse 3
Em7 D
Fought the entire time
Cadd9 G
Up on the front line
G D G
It was lonely, bloody and cold
Em7 D
The only relief he'd find
C G
Might be some old French wine
G D G
The water was all dirty and froze
D
But he was luckier than some, a better soldier than most
Cadd9 G
He came back from Europe
C G
But never got home
Em7 D
Now he's back on the farm
Cadd9 G
But not out of harm
G D G
He drank so the pain wouldn't show
Riff
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verse 4
Em7 D
Well he left behind
Cadd9 G
My brothers and I
G D G
We never really knew him at all
Em7 D
I barely remember him
Cadd9 G
Smoking with a grin
G D G
But looking mean; standing tall
D
Well I can only hope that he wouldn't be ashamed
C G
Of the man I become
C G
And the life that I made
Em7 D
And he did the hardest part
C G
And lived life with all his heart
G D G
And I hope I don't let him down
Outro
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