Chords for FRANKIE LAINE - THE STORY OF TAPS / MY BUDDY

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You've heard many stories about the Civil War.
This may be a story you've never heard.
It all began in 1862 during the Civil War, _ when the Union Army Captain Robert Ellie Combe
was with his men near Harrison's Landing in Virginia.
_ The Confederate Army was on the other side of this narrow strip of land, and during the
night, Captain Ellie Combe heard the moans of a soldier who apparently laid mortally
wounded on the field.
_ Not knowing if it was a Union or Confederate soldier, the captain decided to risk his life
and bring the wounded man back for medical attention. _
Crawling on his stomach _ through the gunfire, the captain reached the wounded soldier [E] and
began pulling him toward his own encampment.
[N] When the captain finally reached his own lines, he discovered that it was actually a Confederate
soldier, _ but the soldier was dead. _
So the captain lit a lantern, and suddenly he caught his breath and went numb with shock.
In the dim light, he saw the face of the man, and it was his own son.
_ The boy had been studying music in the South when the war broke out, but without telling
his father, he had enlisted in the Confederate Army.
_ So the following morning, the heartbroken father asked permission of his superiors to
give his son a full military burial, despite his enemy's status.
His request was partially, but only partially, granted.
_ The captain had asked if he could have a group of Army band members play a funeral dirge for
the son at the funeral.
That request was turned down since the soldier was a Confederate.
But out of respect for the father, [Dbm] they did say they could only give him one musician.
_ [D] The captain chose a bugler to play a series of musical [C] notes that he had found on a piece
of paper in the pocket of the dead son's uniform.
The wish was granted.
The music was the haunting bugle melody that we now know as taps, [F] used at all military funerals.
And that's the story.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ Days [F] done, _ _ _ gone the [Am] sun
_ _ _ [F] From the land, from the sea, from the sky
_ _ [Fm] Safely [Cm] rest, _
[F] _ [Db] all [C] is well _ _
God [F] is nigh
_ My _
[Gb] buddy, _ _ _ [Gm] your buddy
_ _ _ _ [Db] This is you, [Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] you
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Nights _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ are so long [Dm] _ since you went [Bbm] away
[Gm] [Eb] Oh, [F] _
[Dm] how I [E] think about [D] you
_ [Bb]
All _ [Gm] through the [Bb] day
[Gm] _ _
[F] My buddy, [C] _ [Am] _ [F] _ _ _
[D] my buddy
[C] _ _ [D] Nobody _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [E] [Dm] quite _ _ so [Gm] true
_ _ _ _ [F] _
[Am] How I miss your [C] voice
The [Am] _ [Bb] _ touch of your hand
And [Eb] _ _ [F] I long to know [Ab] that _ _ [Bb] _ you understand
[Gm] My _ _ [F] [Am] buddy, _ _ [F] _
_ my [D] buddy
[C] _ Your [D] _ _ _ [Gm] buddy, _ _ _
[B] _ this [Am] is [F] _ you
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ Days [F] _ done, _ _ gone [Am] the sun
_ _ From [F] the land, from the sea, from the sky _ _
[Fm] Safely [Cm] rest, _ [F] _ _ [Db]
[C] all is well
_ [F] God is nigh
_ My [Gb] buddy, _ _ _ [Gm] your buddy _
This [D] _ _ [Db] is you, [Cm] _
_ _ [F] you _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _