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Am
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I always knew that you would take yourself far from home
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D
As soon as, as far as you could go
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By the quarter inch cut of your hair and the army issued
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D
green For the past six weeks I can tell Where you've been
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D
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For I knew, I could see it was all cut and dried
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Am
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to me There was soldier's blue blood streaming inside
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G
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your veins There is a world outside of this room
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G
Am
G
And when you meet it promise me that you won't meet
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It with your gun
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Am
now, you are one, one of the brave few It's awful sad we
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D
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need Boys like you I hope the day never comes for here’s
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your live round, son Stock and barrel, safety trigger
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Here's your gun
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D
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For I knew, I could see it was all cut and dried
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Am
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to me There was soldier's blue blood streaming inside
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your veins There is a world outside of this room
C
G
Am
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And when you meet it promise me you won't meet
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C
It with your gun taking aim no I don’t mean to argue
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C
That they've made a decent boy of you I don't
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D
C
mean to spoil your home coming, but Baby brother you
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would expect me to.
Am
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D
Stock and barrel, safety trigger here’s your gun
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So now does your heart pitter-pat with that patriotic sound
Am
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D
When you see the stripes of Old Glory waving
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D
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For I knew I could see It was all cut and dried to me
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G
There was soldier's blue blood Streaming inside your
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veins There's a world outside of this room And when
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G
Am
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you meet it promise me you won't meet it With
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G
C
your gun, taking aim For I don't mean, to argue That
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C
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they've made a decent boy of you I don't mean to spoil
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C
D
your home coming My baby brother Jude
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C
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No I don't mean to hurt you By saying this again
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They're so good at making soldiers But they're not
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as good at making Men