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Tuning: E A D G B E
*If you have time to put a capo on 1st fret here and transpose down one, go for it, because that last part is a killer with all those barre chords otherwise. [Intro] Dm A# C G [Verse 1]
I Dmknew when I enlisted MiliDm/C#tary life existed Ford a Dm/Cbrige, you're down Destroy you by deGgreeA#s But then Dmany kind of living Would be Dm/C#just as unforgiving For the Dm/Coutside like the inside Ain’t no GbreezA#e
[Verse 2]
And though you Dmgive up your ambition Do sDm/C#o on one condition That some Dm/Cother bastard Has to make the GplanA# Oh it’s the Dmsame ol’ GI story You don’t Dm/C#sell your soul for glory But for Dm/Cfreedom To leave thinking to the Gman
[Pre-chorus]
A#I wanted Dmout From being Dm/C#poorer than poor From KenDm/Ctucky where I knew I couldn’t GwinA7 I wanted Dmout And the Dm/C#only light I saw Was the Dm/Carmy And I knew I wanted GinA7
[Chrous]
Dm Thirty Year Man A# Thirty Year Man C Thirty Year Man Gm
[Verse 3]
We’re Dmtold the war is coming That the Dm/C#bombs will soon be humming That this Dm/Cparadise will soon be up the GcreekA# So Dmget your shit together, hurry! But I Dm/C#say there ain’t no worry I’ve got thirty years so what’s another Gweek?A#
[Verse 4]
Oh this is Dmwhite trash happy waiting We’ve no Dm/C#problem contemplating Different Dm/Cpeople marching to the same ol’ GdrumA# Jews, IDmtalians, Hispanics, Polacs, Dm/C#Negros, no one panicks I got Dm/Cthirty years, I’ll take ‘em as they Gcome
[Pre-chorus]
A#One thing I Dmwant (one thing I want) And she’ll Dm/C#see me alright Is a Dm/Cshack-up waiting on the edge of Gtown AI want her Dmnow (I want her now) But I’ll Dm/C#settle for tonight Golden Dm/Cbody and the softness going GdownA7
[Chorus]
Dm Thirty Year Man A# Thirty Year Man C Thirty Year Man Gm
[Bridge]*
D#m So the army’s D#m/Dfamily It D#m/C#feeds me, keeps me G#well And the life Boutside was C#sure a living D#mhell. So give me my D#m/Dorders, Sergeant Just don’t D#m/C#give me a G#plan You’ve got your volunBteer, Robert E. Lee D#mPrewC#itt
[Outro]
I’m your D#mman Thirty D#m/DYear ManD#m/C# Thirty D#m/DYear Man D#m Thirty YD#m/C#ear Man B Thirty A#Year Man There’s D#mno D#m/C#one A#mout C#there that BI miss D#mNo D#m/Cone A#mcares C#if BI exist The D#mbest D#m/C#thing BI C#did G#was A#7enlist For thirty yearsA#7 D#m