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Capo: 2 Tuning: E A D G B E
CAPO 2 INTRO:
EmI was there in the winter of D'64C When we cDamped in the ice at BmNashville's doCors ThreeG hundred miles our trDail had Emled We Dbarely had time to bBmury our deCad When the YCankees charged and the colors fDell DOverton hill was a lBmiving heCll When we Ccalled retreat it was almost Ddark DI died with a grapeshot in my hEmeart
CSay aD prayer forEm peace CFor every Gfallen soDn CSet myD spiritEm free CLet me lay Gdown my gDun AmSweet mother Mary I'm so tCired But I cCan't come home 'til the Dlast shot's Emfired
EmIn June of 1D94C4 DI waited in the blooBmd of Omaha's sChores GTwenty-one and sDcared toEm death DMy heart poundin' Bmin myC chest CI almost made the first seaDwall DWhen my friends turnBmed and sCaw me fall I still Csmell the smoke, I can taste Dthe mud DAs I lay there dying from a losEms of blood
CSay aD prayer forEm peace CFor every Gfallen soDn CSet myD spiritEm free CLet me lay Gdown my gDun AmSweet mother Mary I'm so tCired But I cCan't come home 'til the Dlast shot's Emfired
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CI'm in the fields of Vietnam, DThe mountains of Afghanistan CAnd I'm still hopin', waitin', prayin' DI did not die in vain
CSay aD prayer forEm peace CFor every Gfallen soDn CSet ouDr spiritEms free CLet us lay Gdown our Dguns AmSweet mother Mary we're sCo tired But we Ccan't come home 'til the Dlast shot's Emfired C'Til the last shot's fEmired C
[Choir:] Say a prayer for peace (for peace) For our daughters and our sons Set our spirits free (set us free) Let us lay down our guns [Trace:] Sweet mother Mary, we're so tired But we can't come home [Choir:] No we can't come home 'Til the last shot's fired