Chords for Phil Lynott's Grand Slam - Military Man (Live)
Tempo:
97.05 bpm
Chords used:
Gb
Abm
Ebm
Eb
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
This is one for everybody that joins the militia.
It's a song called Military Man.
[Em]
[Eb]
[Ebm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Abm]
[Gb] [Ebm]
[Ab]
[Abm] [Gb] [Eb]
[Ebm] [Abm]
[Gb] [Db] [Ebm]
[Abm]
[Gb] [Ab] It's with your boy [Gb] to kill.
[Bbm] You kill [Gb] someday he will.
[Abm] Between my [Gb] boys, die, die, [Gm] die, die.
[Ab] Ask no questions [B] why.
[Eb] Mama take a look at your [Eb] [Bbm] boy.
[Abm] He's on the street.
[Gb]
He loves the beat.
Mama [Eb] take a look at your boy.
He's much.
[Bbm] [Abm] Mama take a look at his ass.
[Gb] [Eb] Mama take a look at your boy.
Take a look at your [Ebm] boy.
He's a [Abm] military man.
Mama
[Gb] [Ebm] take a look at your boy.
He's dying.
[Ab]
Oh, [Gb] cry.
[Ab] It's with your boy to kill.
[G] You kill [Gb] someday he will.
[Abm] Between [Gb] my boys, die, [Bbm] die, die, die.
[Abm]
Ask no [B] questions
[Gb] why.
[Ebm] One day
[Abm] I will write for [B] you a love song, Mama.
[Gb] [Ebm] Feeling as I do [Abm] will [B] be true.
And you and [Ebm] I, we [Abm] will live our [B] life together [Gb] until that day we die.
[Abm] I will love you, Mama, [B] forever.
[Gb]
So [Ebm] while I'm away, [Abm] I'll write a poem, [B] tell my story.
[Gb]
If you see my children, [Abm]
tell them I'm missing.
[B] [Gb]
I am writing from war.
[Abm] Oh, Mama, I don't know what I'm [B] fighting for.
[Gb] I'm [Ebm] hoping I'm free.
I'll [Gb] return soon.
[B]
One [Ebm] day
[Abm] I will write for you [B] a love song.
[Gb] As the children [Ebm] say, I [Abm] love you [Gb] [B] and hold me.
I am frightened [Gb] in the dark.
[Db]
[Ab] [Gb]
[Eb] [Gb] They have trained your [Ab] boy to kill.
[Gb] [G]
[Ab] [Gb] [Db] They have trained [G] your boy to die.
[Ab] [Gb] Mama, why, [G] Mama, why?
[Gb] [Db] And the [G] blood doesn't go [Ab] deeper.
[Gb] At [G] night I just can't sleep.
[Ab] [F] We go marching on through war.
Why, [Gb] [Ab]
Mama, why?
[B]
[Eb]
[Abm] He's a soldier.
[Gb] He's older.
[Db] [Eb]
[Eb] [Abm]
He's a [Gb] killer.
[Db] [Ebm]
[Abm] He's frightened.
He's [Gb] frightened.
[Eb] Oh, Mama, [Abm]
I tell [Gb] you.
[Db] [Ebm] [Ebm] [Abm]
[Gb] [Db] [Ebm]
[Abm]
[Gb] [Db] [Ebm]
[Abm]
[Gb] [F] [Ebm]
[Abm]
[Gb] [Fm] [Ebm]
[Bb] [Abm]
[Gb] [Ebm]
[Bb]
[Abm] [Gb] [Ebm]
[Gb] [Eb]
[N]
[Eb]
[Gb] [Eb]
[N]
It's a song called Military Man.
[Em]
[Eb]
[Ebm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Abm]
[Gb] [Ebm]
[Ab]
[Abm] [Gb] [Eb]
[Ebm] [Abm]
[Gb] [Db] [Ebm]
[Abm]
[Gb] [Ab] It's with your boy [Gb] to kill.
[Bbm] You kill [Gb] someday he will.
[Abm] Between my [Gb] boys, die, die, [Gm] die, die.
[Ab] Ask no questions [B] why.
[Eb] Mama take a look at your [Eb] [Bbm] boy.
[Abm] He's on the street.
[Gb]
He loves the beat.
Mama [Eb] take a look at your boy.
He's much.
[Bbm] [Abm] Mama take a look at his ass.
[Gb] [Eb] Mama take a look at your boy.
Take a look at your [Ebm] boy.
He's a [Abm] military man.
Mama
[Gb] [Ebm] take a look at your boy.
He's dying.
[Ab]
Oh, [Gb] cry.
[Ab] It's with your boy to kill.
[G] You kill [Gb] someday he will.
[Abm] Between [Gb] my boys, die, [Bbm] die, die, die.
[Abm]
Ask no [B] questions
[Gb] why.
[Ebm] One day
[Abm] I will write for [B] you a love song, Mama.
[Gb] [Ebm] Feeling as I do [Abm] will [B] be true.
And you and [Ebm] I, we [Abm] will live our [B] life together [Gb] until that day we die.
[Abm] I will love you, Mama, [B] forever.
[Gb]
So [Ebm] while I'm away, [Abm] I'll write a poem, [B] tell my story.
[Gb]
If you see my children, [Abm]
tell them I'm missing.
[B] [Gb]
I am writing from war.
[Abm] Oh, Mama, I don't know what I'm [B] fighting for.
[Gb] I'm [Ebm] hoping I'm free.
I'll [Gb] return soon.
[B]
One [Ebm] day
[Abm] I will write for you [B] a love song.
[Gb] As the children [Ebm] say, I [Abm] love you [Gb] [B] and hold me.
I am frightened [Gb] in the dark.
[Db]
[Ab] [Gb]
[Eb] [Gb] They have trained your [Ab] boy to kill.
[Gb] [G]
[Ab] [Gb] [Db] They have trained [G] your boy to die.
[Ab] [Gb] Mama, why, [G] Mama, why?
[Gb] [Db] And the [G] blood doesn't go [Ab] deeper.
[Gb] At [G] night I just can't sleep.
[Ab] [F] We go marching on through war.
Why, [Gb] [Ab]
Mama, why?
[B]
[Eb]
[Abm] He's a soldier.
[Gb] He's older.
[Db] [Eb]
[Eb] [Abm]
He's a [Gb] killer.
[Db] [Ebm]
[Abm] He's frightened.
He's [Gb] frightened.
[Eb] Oh, Mama, [Abm]
I tell [Gb] you.
[Db] [Ebm] [Ebm] [Abm]
[Gb] [Db] [Ebm]
[Abm]
[Gb] [Db] [Ebm]
[Abm]
[Gb] [F] [Ebm]
[Abm]
[Gb] [Fm] [Ebm]
[Bb] [Abm]
[Gb] [Ebm]
[Bb]
[Abm] [Gb] [Ebm]
[Gb] [Eb]
[N]
[Eb]
[Gb] [Eb]
[N]
Key:
Gb
Abm
Ebm
Eb
Ab
Gb
Abm
Ebm
This is one for everybody that joins the militia.
It's a song called Military Man.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] It's with your boy [Gb] to kill.
_ [Bbm] _ You kill [Gb] someday he will.
_ [Abm] Between my [Gb] boys, die, die, [Gm] die, die.
[Ab] Ask no questions [B] why. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Mama take a look at your [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] boy.
[Abm] He's on the street.
[Gb] _
He loves the beat.
_ Mama [Eb] take a look at your boy.
He's much.
_ [Bbm] _ [Abm] Mama take a look at his ass.
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Mama take a look at your boy.
Take a look at your [Ebm] boy.
He's a [Abm] military man.
Mama _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ebm] take a look at your _ _ boy.
He's dying.
_ [Ab] _ _
Oh, [Gb] _ cry.
[Ab] It's with your boy to kill.
_ [G] _ You kill [Gb] someday he will. _ _
[Abm] Between [Gb] my boys, die, [Bbm] die, die, die.
[Abm]
Ask no [B] questions _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ why.
[Ebm] One day _
_ _ [Abm] _ I will write for [B] you a love song, Mama.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] Feeling as I do _ [Abm] will _ [B] be true.
_ _ _ And you and [Ebm] I, _ we [Abm] _ will live our [B] life together _ [Gb] until _ that day we die.
_ [Abm] _ I will love you, Mama, [B] _ forever.
_ [Gb] _ _
So [Ebm] while I'm away, _ _ _ [Abm] I'll write a poem, _ [B] tell my story.
[Gb] _ _
If you see my children, _ _ [Abm] _
tell them I'm missing.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ I am writing from war. _ _
[Abm] Oh, Mama, I don't know what I'm [B] fighting for. _ _
[Gb] _ _ I'm [Ebm] hoping I'm free. _ _
_ I'll [Gb] return soon.
[B] _ _ _
_ _ _ One [Ebm] day _ _
_ [Abm] I will write for you [B] a love song.
_ _ [Gb] _ As the children [Ebm] say, I [Abm] love you [Gb] [B] and hold me.
I am frightened [Gb] in the dark.
[Db] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gb] _ They have trained your [Ab] boy to kill.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Gb] _ [Db] They have trained [G] your boy to die.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Gb] Mama, why, [G] Mama, why?
_ _ [Gb] _ [Db] And the [G] blood doesn't go [Ab] deeper.
_ _ [Gb] _ At [G] night I just can't sleep.
_ [Ab] _ _ [F] We go marching on through war.
Why, [Gb] _ [Ab] _
Mama, why?
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] He's a soldier.
_ [Gb] He's older.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
He's a [Gb] killer.
_ _ [Db] _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] He's frightened.
He's [Gb] frightened.
_ _ [Eb] Oh, Mama, _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
I tell [Gb] you.
_ _ [Db] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [F] _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
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[Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
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_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's a song called Military Man.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] It's with your boy [Gb] to kill.
_ [Bbm] _ You kill [Gb] someday he will.
_ [Abm] Between my [Gb] boys, die, die, [Gm] die, die.
[Ab] Ask no questions [B] why. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Mama take a look at your [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] boy.
[Abm] He's on the street.
[Gb] _
He loves the beat.
_ Mama [Eb] take a look at your boy.
He's much.
_ [Bbm] _ [Abm] Mama take a look at his ass.
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Mama take a look at your boy.
Take a look at your [Ebm] boy.
He's a [Abm] military man.
Mama _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ebm] take a look at your _ _ boy.
He's dying.
_ [Ab] _ _
Oh, [Gb] _ cry.
[Ab] It's with your boy to kill.
_ [G] _ You kill [Gb] someday he will. _ _
[Abm] Between [Gb] my boys, die, [Bbm] die, die, die.
[Abm]
Ask no [B] questions _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ why.
[Ebm] One day _
_ _ [Abm] _ I will write for [B] you a love song, Mama.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] Feeling as I do _ [Abm] will _ [B] be true.
_ _ _ And you and [Ebm] I, _ we [Abm] _ will live our [B] life together _ [Gb] until _ that day we die.
_ [Abm] _ I will love you, Mama, [B] _ forever.
_ [Gb] _ _
So [Ebm] while I'm away, _ _ _ [Abm] I'll write a poem, _ [B] tell my story.
[Gb] _ _
If you see my children, _ _ [Abm] _
tell them I'm missing.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ I am writing from war. _ _
[Abm] Oh, Mama, I don't know what I'm [B] fighting for. _ _
[Gb] _ _ I'm [Ebm] hoping I'm free. _ _
_ I'll [Gb] return soon.
[B] _ _ _
_ _ _ One [Ebm] day _ _
_ [Abm] I will write for you [B] a love song.
_ _ [Gb] _ As the children [Ebm] say, I [Abm] love you [Gb] [B] and hold me.
I am frightened [Gb] in the dark.
[Db] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gb] _ They have trained your [Ab] boy to kill.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Gb] _ [Db] They have trained [G] your boy to die.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Gb] Mama, why, [G] Mama, why?
_ _ [Gb] _ [Db] And the [G] blood doesn't go [Ab] deeper.
_ _ [Gb] _ At [G] night I just can't sleep.
_ [Ab] _ _ [F] We go marching on through war.
Why, [Gb] _ [Ab] _
Mama, why?
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] He's a soldier.
_ [Gb] He's older.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
He's a [Gb] killer.
_ _ [Db] _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] He's frightened.
He's [Gb] frightened.
_ _ [Eb] Oh, Mama, _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
I tell [Gb] you.
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