Key:
Introduction: A
A7 D
My dearest Mama, they just gave us time to write
E7 A
I miss you and there's something on my mind tonight
A7 D
At mail call, I received your letter here today
E7 A
But I don't understand the things you say
A7 D
You tell me there are people marching in our streets
E7 A
The signs they carry say that we don't fight for peace
A7 D
There's not a soldier in this foreign land who likes this war
E7 A
Oh Mama, tell them what we're fighting for
D A
Tell them that we're fighting for the old Red, White and Blue
D A E7
Did they forget Pearl Harbor and Korea too?
D A
Another flag must never fly above our nation's door
E7 A
Oh Mama, tell them what we're fighting for
Bb7 Eb
From Maine to California, there are many noble men
F7 Bb
Who know the price of war and pray we'd never fight again
Bb7 Eb
But the world must learn that we will fight, we will protect our shore
F7 Bb
Oh Mama, tell them what we're fighting for
F7 Bb
Oh Mama, tell them what we're fighting for
F7 Bb
Oh Mama, tell them what we're fighting for