Tom Russell - Veteran's Day guitar chord

VETERAN'S DAY

(Tom Russell)

verse 1

A D

Well I used to hang out down at the local VFW hall

A E

And stare at the photographs up on the wall

A D

Of the neighborhood boys that died in the wars we've been through

A E A

And the hand lettered sign that said remember Jimmy McGrew

verse 2

A D

Well Jimmy went to Nam back in 1965

A E

But there's a lot of men here that think Jimmy McGrew's still alive

A D

Though they carved his name on a stone in Washington DC

A E A

His brother said that stone don't prove a d**n thing to me

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D A

It's veteran's day and the skies are gray

E

Leave the uniforms home cause there ain't gonna be a parade

A D

But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through

A E A

And leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew

( guitar One Verse )

verse 3

There's a hot rain fallin' on the back streets of Saigon

There's an old soldier stumblin' down the alley with his mama-san

Lord his eyes are cloudy and his arms are black and blue

He's just hangin' by a thread and he looks like Jimmy McGrew

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