CAPO 2
F#m Bm / F#m Bm
F#m D/E
I was there in the winter of '64
Bm D F#m
When we camped in the ice at Nashville's doors
A D E
Three hundred miles our trail had led
Bm D F#m
We barely had time to bury our dead
A D E
When the Yankees charged and the colors fell
Bm D F#m
Overton hill was a living hell
A D E
When we called retreat it was almost dark
Bm D F#m
I died with a grapeshot in my heart
D E F#m
Say a prayer for peace
D A E
For every fallen son
D E F#m
Set my spirit free
D A E
Let me lay down my gun
Bm D E
Sweet mother Mary I'm so tired
D E F#m
But I can't come home 'til the last shot's fired
F#m Bm / F#m Bm
F#m D/E
In June of 1944
Bm D F#m
I waited in the blood of Omaha's shores
A D E
Twenty-one and scared to death
Bm D F#m
My heart poundin' in my chest
A D E
I almost made the first seawall
Bm D F#m
When my friends turned and saw me fall
A D E
I still smell the smoke, I can taste the mud
Bm D F#m
As I lay there dying from a loss of blood
CHORUS
D
I'm in the fields of Vietnam,
E
The mountains of Afghanistan
D
And I'm still hopin', waitin', prayin'
E
I did not die in vain
CHORUS