Key: G
Introduction: 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.
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.
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.