Steve Earle - Rich Man's War guitar chord

Rich Man’s War

By Steve Earle

Tabbed By Larry Mofle

rmofle@satx.rr.com

10/17/2004

Capo 2

D A D

Jimmy joined the army ‘cause he had no place to go

D Em

There ain’t nobody hirin’ ‘round here since all the jobs went down to Mexico

G A

Reckoned that he’d learn himself a trade maybe see the world

G A

Move to the city someday and marry a black haired girl

G D

Somebody somewhere had another plan

G D

Now he’s got a rifle in his hand

D A Bm G

Rollin’ into Baghdad wonderin’ how he got this far

D A D

Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

Bobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm

Red white and blue to the bone when he landed in Kandahar

Left behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl

A stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world

Been a year now and he’s still there

Chasin’ ghosts in the thin dry air

Meanwhile back at home the finance company took his car

Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

Bride:

Bm G

When will we ever learn

D A

When will we ever see

Bm G

We stand up and take our turn

D A

And tellin’ ourselves we’re free

Ali was the second son of a second son

Grew up in Gaza throwing bottles and rocks when the tanks would come

Ain’t nothin’ else to do around here just a game children play

Somethin’ ‘bout livin’ in fear all your life makes you hard that way

He answered when he got the call

Wrapped himself in death and praised Allah

A fat man in a new Mercedes drove him to the door

Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war