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Am C F I got drafted at nineteen G F Me and a bunch of boys from home Am C F C January forty-three, D F drove out to Pine Bluff and signed on Am C F Went to basic south of Birmingham G F Put me on west coast bound train Am C F C Spent three days out in San Diego D F And they shipped me back east again Am C F Left a port out of New York G F Slept for months in British rain Am C F C Tore it up down in London town D F And they shipped me back out again C G F C The preacher said Boys he who is killed tonight D F will dine with the Lord in Paradise C G F C One boy spoke up, said preacher come on D F eat your supper with us Am C F Never talk about those first days G F Lots of friends left behind Am C F C But I made it all the way across France D F And I fought at the Maginot line Am C F Road a tank into Belgium G F Liked them better than the French Am C F C Like my daddy, thirty years before D F I did my time in a trench [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/l/lucero/283195.html ] Am C F Lots of days there's no water G F But the liquor kept me warm Am C F C The cellars were stocked to their ceilings with booze D F So I carried a bottle with my gun C G F C The preacher said Boys he who is killed tonight D F will dine with the Lord in Paradise C G F C One boy spoke up, said preacher come on D F eat your supper with us Am C F Three times I made sergeant G F I'm not that kind of man Am C F C And pretty much just as quick as I could D F I get busted back to private again Am C F Cause taking orders never suited me G F Giving them out was much worse Am C F C I could not stand to get my friends killed D F So I took care of myself first Am C F Now I know that don't sound right G F Don't think too bad of me Am C F C Now it keeps me up nights D F What I could have done differently C G F C The preacher said Boys he who is killed tonight D F will dine with the Lord in Paradise C G F C One boy spoke up, said preacher come on D F eat your supper with us C G F C I'd be no guest at the table of the Lord D F His food was not to be mine C G F C Cause I cursed His name every chance that I could D F And I recon that's why I'm still alive |