Elton John - Talking old soldiers

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^Am "Why, hello! Say, ...can I buy ^E7you... another glass of beer'" ^Am "Well, thanks a lot, that's kind of^E7 you! It's nice to know you care! F E7aug E7 Am Am7/G These days there's so much... going on-----------, ^F No one ^E7augseems ^E7to wanna k^Amnow, ^{Am7/G F} I may be ^E7augjust... ^E7 an old ^Amsol -^Am7/G dier to ^D/F#some... But I k^Fnow... how it feels... to grow o^Eld!&qu^E7ot;

^Am "Yeah, that's right! You can see^E7 me here most every night, ^Am You always see me staring at the w^E7alls, and at the lights! ^F Funny, ...I re - ^E7augmember, ^E7 oh, it's y^Amears ago, I'd ^Am7/Gsay, ^F I'd stand at that ^E7augbar... ^E7 with my fri^Amends, who've passed a -^Am7/G way, ^F And drink three ^E7augtimes the b^E7eer that^Am I can ^Am7/Gdrink to -^D7/F# day, Yes, I k^Fnow... how it feels... to grow o^Eld!&qu^E7ot;

^Am "I know what they're saying,^Am7/G son! 'There goes Old Mad Joe again!' ^D/F# Well, I may be mad at that! I've seen enough..^F. to make a man go out of his brains! ^Am Well, do they know what it's like to have a graveyard ^E7as a friend' 'Cause t^Am7hat's where they ^D7are, boy, all of them! ^Fmaj7Don't seem likely I'll get friends like that a - g^Eain!&^E7quot;

^Am "Well, it's time I moved off, but it's b^E7een great just listening to you, ^Am And I might even see you next t^E7ime I'm passing through, F E7aug E7 Am Am7/G You're right, there's so much going on----------, F E7aug E7 Am Am7/G No one seems to want to know---------, ^F So keep well, keep ^E7augwell, old fr^E7iend, and have a - no^Amther ^Am7/Gdrink on^D7/F# me, Just ig - n^Fore all the others, ^E7aug you've got your memo - r^Amies--^Am7/G-----, You've got your memories!"^Fmaj7; | /^E7aug / /^E7 /^Am | / ||