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Introduction: G
G
Daddy's gonna buy me a brand new gun
D/F#
Show me how to clean it in the yard
G C/G G D/F#
Papaw says he can't wait to see me fire with that steady arm
Am Am/G G C/G
A couple hours of waiting and some heavy concentration put a bullet through the middle of a heart
G D/F#
Everyone'll be so glad to see
G G/C
The freezer full of fresh deer meat
Am Am/B C
Mama's gonna be so proud of me
D/F# G
When we get back to the farm
C/G* G
Nights get longer,
D/F# G
Days get hard
Em D/F# C/G G
I learned to put a bullet through the middle of a heart
Em D/F# C/G G
I learned to put a bullet through the middle of a heart
G
Carlene asked if she could marry me
D/F#
Driving round in daddy's car
G C/G G D/F#
I gave her my graduation ring down by the lumber yard
Am Am/G
I felt the violent hit of her passionate kiss
G C/G
Like a bullet through the middle of a heart
G D/F#
Everyone'll be so glad to see
G C/G
Her down the aisle at our wedding
Am Am/B C
Mama's gonna be so pround of me
D/F# G
Spinning round to a steel guitar
C/G* G
But nights get longer,
D/F# G
and Days get Hard
Em D/F# C/G G
It hits like a bullet through the middle of a heart
Em D/F# C/G G
It hits like a bullet through the middle of a heart
G
Daddy paid his service 'til his time was due
D/F#
His buddy recruits these days
G C/G G D/F#
Says I can make my country proud and get my education paid
Am Am/G G C/G
Face them fears, make it three years, and buddy, you'll have it made
G D/F#
Everyone'll be so glad to see
G C/G
Me wearing that robe with my degree
Am Am/B C
Mama's gonna be so proud of me
D/F# G
God bless the USA
C/G* G
But nights get longer,
D/F# G
Days stay hard
Em D/F# C/G G
And I learned to put a bullet through the middle of a heart
Em D/F# C/G G
I learned to put a bullet through the middle of a heart
Em G
I didn't have a grudge to bear
G/C G
with any of the people there
Em G C/G D/F#
But I still came home haunted by the lives my duty cost
Am Am/G
I felt the bullets tip against my rib
G C/G
And put a bullet though the middle of a heart
G D/F#
Everyone'll be so sad to see
G C/G
That flag disappear into the earth with me
Am Am/B C
Mama, do you think you still believe
D/F# G
I'll see the face of God?
C/G* G
Nights get longer,
D/F# G
The light goes dark
Em D/F# G C/G
I've learned to put a bullet though the middle of a heart
Em D/F# G C/G
I've learned to put a bullet though the middle of a heart