Chords for Lucero at OpenAir: "The War"

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I [C] got drafted [F] at 19, _ _ [G] _ _
me and a bunch of [F] boys from Houghton.
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It was [C] January _ [F] of _ [C] 43.
_ _ [Dm] Drove out, put on bluff and [F] signed on.
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Went [C] to base south [F] of Birmingham.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] They put me on a west coast [F] bound train.
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spent three [C] days out [F] in San [C] Diego.
_ [D] They shipped me back east [F] again. _
_ _ _ _ [A] I left [C] up port [F] out of New York.
_ _ _ [G] _ I slept for months in British [F] Rain.
_ _ _ _ [Am] I tore [C] it up down [F] in London _ [C] town.
[Dm] And they shipped me back out [F] again. _
_ _ [C] And a preacher, [G] he said, boys, you [F] is killed [C] tonight.
_ [D] Down with the Lord and [F] paradise.
_ _ _ And [C] one boy [G] spoke up, he [F] said, preacher, [C] come _ [Dm] on.
Ain't you a sobber [Fm] with us?
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[C] Never talk about [F] those first days.
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Lots of friends left [F] behind.
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But [C] I made it [F] all the way [C] across France.
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I fought at the _ [F] Maginot Line.
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I rode [C] a tank [F] into Belgium.
_ _ _ _ [G] I like them better than [F] the French.
_ _ _ [Am] _ I like [C] my daddy _ [F] 30 years [C] before.
_ [D] I did my time in [F] the trench.
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Lots [C] of days there was no [F] water.
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the liquor kept [F] me warm.
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] The cellars [C] were stocked.
[F] Their ceilings [C] with booths.
So [D] I carried a bottle with [F] my gun.
_ _ And [C] a preacher, [G] he said, boys, you [F] is killed [C] tonight.
_ [D] Down with the Lord and [F] paradise. _
_ _ _ [C] And one [G] boy spoke up, he [F] said, preacher, [C] come on.
_ [D] Ain't you a sobber [F] with us?
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And [C] three times I [F] made _ sergeant.
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I'm not that kind [F] of man.
_ _ _ _ [Am] I'm pretty [C] much just [Fm] as quick [C] as I could.
[Dm] I get busted back to private [E] [F] again. _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] Just taking [C] orders never [F] suited me.
_ _ [G] But giving them out [F] was much worse.
_ _ _ [Am] And I [C] could not [F] stand to get my [C] friends killed.
[D] So I took care of myself [Em] [F] first. _
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[C] I know that [F] don't sound right.
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Don't think too [F] bad of me.
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Because now [C] it keeps me [F] up nights.
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] What I could have done _ [F] differently.
_ _ And [C] a preacher [G] said, boys, he [F] is killed [C] tonight.
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Down with the Lord and [F] paradise.
_ _ _ _ [C] And one boy [G] spoke up, he [F] said, preacher, [C] come on.
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Ain't you a sobber [F] with us?
_ _ _ [Cm] Now I'd [G] be no guest [F] at the table [C] of the Lord.
_ [D] His food was not to [F] be mine.
_ _ _ [Cm] Because I [G] cursed his name.
[F] Every chance that [C] I could, [D] I recognized why I'm still [F] alive.
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