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Bogle Eric - Dedication Day guitar chord

DEDICATION DAY

ERIC BOGLE

NOTE:

CAPO 1ST FRET , all chord positions are relative to capo.

Eg. G= G#   D=Eb  C=C#

Key of G#

I think? Eric plays it in 4/4 timing, but 3./4 timing works well also. Before you come into the first verse try creating a little run on the C chord I tend to do something like pick the B string then the G , D pulloff to a hammer-on , G ,D pulloff. Just anything that will lead you into the first verse.

G  D  C

G  D  C

Verse 1

G                 D                 C                      

August in Mildura, and winters on the run,

G                                     D                         C                              D

there?s an early taste of springtime, in the warm mid-morning sun.

G         D                      C

As the men marched past from first to last, the crowds cheer everyone,

  Am                                                D       Am                 D               G

and war seems somehow very far away, on this sunny dedication day.

G             D                     C

They marched to a memorial, built by and for their own,

G            D                     C                               D

a simple wall of remembrance of brick and steel and stone.

G                                              D                                 C

With the names inscribed of those that died and to those that had made it home,

  Am                                              D        Am                                   D               G

with a debt of love and honor to repay, had all gathered there on dedication day.

Chorus

G           D        C

It?s dedication day,

G           D         C        

It?s dedication day.

Verse 2

G                                               D                        C

There was a concert held that evening me and others sang our songs,

G                                              D                                        C                           D

while the boys drank beer and reminisced, laughed and clapped and sang along.

G                                              D                       C

As I was standing there with my guitar, just waiting to go on,

Am                                                                              D                      Am                           D              G

a man grabbed my arm and said please would you play a, song for my mate Hans this dedication day.

Verse 3

G                                    D                             C

He asked me to sing welcome home, and I saw tears in his eyes,

G                              D                         C                       D

I knew there was a story there, but I did not want to pry.

                      G                                   D                                C

And then he said to me, I want that song you see, for this morning my mate died,

Am                                                                    D           Am                        D             G

faced with his grief there was nothing I could say, so I sang for Hans on dedication day.

Chorus

G          D          C

It?s dedication day

G          D          C

It?s dedication day

(Piano solo)

Verse 4

G                                             D                   C

They say that Hans took his own life, but I don?t know if that?s true,

G                         D                                  C                       D

but if it is that?s no surprise, too many Vietnam vetrans do.

G                                                    D                                     C

Only those who were there, can know the despair and the pain that he went through,

Am                                                     D                       Am                          D            G

for who can understand it more than they, those who knew the cost of dedication day

Verse 5

G                                             D                         C

Though that Asian wars long over, there still burying their dead  

       G                                        D             C                       D

yet somehow the bond grows stronger, with each broken thread

G                                  D                           C

What poison stole and two hands sold to taint the years ahead

Am                                             D                       Am                           D             G

In that war so long ago and far away until they died of wounds on dedication day.

G    D    C

G    D    C

Chorus

G          D         C

It's dedication day

G          D          C

It's dedication day

(Repeat until fade out)

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