Chords
Veterans Day

Key: G

Introduction:

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Well I used to hang out down at the VFW hall
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And stare at the photographs up on the wall
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Of the neighborhood boys that died in the wars we've been through
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And the hand lettered sign that said remember Jimmy McGrew
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Well Jimmy went to Nam back in 1965
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But there's a lot of men here that think Jimmy McGrew's still alive
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Though they carved his name on a stone in Washington DC
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His brother said that stone don't prove a thing to me
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It's veteran's day and the skies are gray
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Leave the uniforms home cause there ain't gonna be a parade
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But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through
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And leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew
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There's a hot rain falling on the back streets of Saigon
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There's an old soldier stumbling down the alley with his mama-san
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Lord his eyes are cloudy and his arms are black and blue
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He's just hanging by a thread and he looks like Jimmy McGrew
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It's veteran's day and the skies are gray
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Leave the uniforms home cause there ain't gonna be a parade
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But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through
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And leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew
And keep it burning bright there may still be
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But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through
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And leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew