War

Am C F i got drafted at nineteen G F me and a bunch of boys from home Am C F C january forty - three , D F drove out to pine bluff and signed on Am C F went to basic south of birmingham G F put me on west coast bound train Am C F C spent three days out in san diego D F and they shipped me back east again Am C F left a port out of new york G F slept for months in british rain Am C F C tore it up down in london town D F and they shipped me back out again C G F C the preacher said boys he who is killed tonight D F will dine with the lord in paradise C G F C one boy spoke up , said preacher come on D F eat your supper with us Am C F never talk about those first days G F lots of friends left behind Am C F C but i made it all the way across france D F and i fought at the maginot line Am C F road a tank into belgium G F liked them better than the french Am C F C like my Daddy , thirty years before D F i did my time in a trench Am C F lots of days there’s no water G F but the liquor kept me warm Am C F C the cellars were stocked to their ceilings with booze D F so i carried a bottle with my gun C G F C the preacher said boys he who is killed tonight D F will dine with the lord in paradise C G F C one boy spoke up , said preacher come on D F eat your supper with us Am C F three times i made sergeant G F i’m not that kind of man Am C F C and pretty much just as quick as i could D F i get busted back to private again Am C F cause taking orders never suited me G F giving them out was much worse Am C F C i could not stand to get my friends killed D F so i took care of myself first Am C F now i know that don’t sound right G F don’t think too bad of me Am C F C now it keeps me up nights D F what i could have done differently C G F C the preacher said boys he who is killed tonight D F will dine with the lord in paradise C G F C one boy spoke up , said preacher come on D F eat your supper with us C G F C i’d be no guest at the table of the lord D F his food was not to be mine C G F C cause i cursed his name every chance that i could D F and i recon that’s why i’m still alive