Chords for Dry Branch Fire Squad - Intro & He's Coming to Us Dead

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_ _ our veterans, but it seems like they're getting more and more every day.
_ _ There's no, I don't have to tell you this.
[Gb] I'm certain everybody knows this, that there's no excuse for what's happened with the Veterans [G] Administration.
Absolutely none.
And the only excuse we have is that [A] some of us don't scream [Ab] bloody murder.
And I'm guilty.
I'm guilty as anybody.
I [G] _ sometimes give [Gb] up on writing my [G] congressman.
You can look my congressman up.
He's the worst.
[A] You know, there's [D] 512 of them.
[Gb] Mine's the worst.
His name's Doug [Am] Lambert.
_ [A] And if you haven't [Bbm] heard of him, he's nationally known [Ab] as the worst.
[Bb] _ There's nobody, in fact, if you took all the congressmen and added them up together for everything they've ever done wrong,
Doug Lambert would rise to the top like a train. _
So no matter how bad your [B] congressman is, you [Bb] can always take heart in the fact that there's one worse.
And I still write to him.
I still write to him because here's what I believe.
And I don't mean, this is not the sermon today, but I don't believe, you know, we just like five weeks ago,
we cut [G] the food stamp program to our military families.
And [Gb] here's what I believe.
I don't believe there's one American anywhere in this country that ever wrote to his [Ab] congressman and said,
hey, [G] I got an idea.
Why don't [Fm] you cut the food stamp benefits for our military families?
[Em] I just don't think.
[A] And so _ if your congressman voted for that, you are a scream bloody murder.
[E] I mean, it doesn't take a [Ab] minute to write to him and say, _ I'd rather our military families got the food stamps they need,
[F] because what could be more tragic than somebody living on a military [B] base not being able to afford groceries?
I bet we all want that.
I don't mean to get excited.
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_ But I'm just saying, just [Gb] if you have time, drop a note to Doug Lamborn for [Dm] me. _
[N] Well, I write that sucker every week and sometimes I get something back that actually says, dear Mr.
Thomas, we're so glad to hear from you.
Well, _ _ do something.
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_ [Gb] And I'll guarantee you along those same lines, I don't think there's [B] one, one [E] American anywhere that wants our veterans waiting in line anywhere.
They shouldn't.
If there's one thing that ought to get you to the front of the line, [N] I don't care where you are.
I mean, it shouldn't just be at the hospital, but it by God ought to be there.
[Ab] But it ought to be at the bank.
It ought to be at the filling station.
It ought to be at the restaurant.
I'm so proud of this gentleman over here.
[A] We were coming out of a restaurant and a man had walked up.
It wasn't exactly a restaurant.
We don't [N] actually eat in restaurants, _ but it was fine dining.
It was sheets.
_ _ _ _ And he had taken the time.
_ How many people know what [G] sheets are?
Oh, yeah, fine dining takes time, doesn't it?
_ _ [Db] There's parts of this country [F] that don't even have one of those things where you can [A] punch in what you want to eat [Fm] and the next thing somebody flops it [G] out there for you.
_ He stopped to greet this [A] veteran that was having trouble getting through the door and stuff and just helped [N] him out because,
and I thought [Fm] I had to contain him [C] because I thought he was going to push people out of line.
[D] And you know, some people would be insulted if you did that.
_ [Bb] Fortunately, none of them [G] are here.
And [Ab] I believe that [D] too.
[Bb] Anyways, for the people that asked [A] for this song, it's not [Gb] a joyous song, but [A] it's a song that needs to be [Gb] sung and played.
And this is, let me just tell you, this is so hard for the [G] guys because [Bb] I don't have any [G] timing.
And when [Eb] I start this off, they don't know _ [A]
whenever I'm going to change chords.
So I don't know about that [Gb] stuff either.
And that's why we call it old [D] time music. _ _ _ _ _ _
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One morning as the office was over, a man cried out in [D] fear, stood by the express office, showing [B]
signs of [D] grief.
_ _ Now when the clerk approached him, the old man then did say, well I'm waiting for my boy, [A] sir, he's coming [D] home today. _ _
_ _ Well, you have made a silly mistake [G] and you must [D] surely know that this is a telegraph officer [A] and not a [D] county post.
_ Oh, if your boys are coming [G] home, the clerk did smile and say, you'll find them with [D] the passenger [A] shirt just stationed just over the way. _
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ You do not understand, sir, the old man should say, well he's not coming as a passenger [A] but by express mistake.
_ He's coming home to mother.
[G] The old man [D] softly said, he's coming home in a casket, sir, he's coming to us today. _ _ _ _
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_ And then a whistle pierced their ears, the [Gbm] express train somewhat plied, [G] and the old man [D] rose in a breathless taste [A] and quickly rushed [D] outside.
_ _ _ And then an old wife passed the floor to the ground, showing signs of grief and pain to those who kept her.
_ _ _ _ Now if you're not treating harshly, boys, it contains our darling Jack.
He went away, you boys are on [A] the sway to coming [D] back. _ _ _
_ He broke his poor old mother's [G] heart, and the fears [D] of the country, he said it's a way if he'd come back.
[A] He joined the [D] boys in the end, _ _ _ _
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_ thought he would come back that way too. _ _
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