Chords for Red Sovine - The Last Foxhole (1966)

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_ [A] _ _ _ He _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ lived by my side [D] on an island in the sea, _ [E] a place called Kwajalein, _ [A] and just like me. _
He was fighting in the army against [D] Imperial Japan.
_ Our [E] home was a foxhole made of clay, [A] blood, and sand. _
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[E] Soon _ _ _ _
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war was over [Eb] and we went our separate ways.
[F] _ He went home to Brooklyn, but [Bb] in the army I chose to stay.
_ Now he often wrote me letters [Eb] and told me about his fears. _
When [F] his son became a man, [Bb] would he have to live in another foxhole?
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_ _ _ Then _
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_ [B] _ _ _ came Korea [E] _ and they sent my company.
[Gb] _ And that same Brooklyn [B] boy right back with me. _
_ But I left him there _ [E] in a grave deep and cold. _
_ [Gb] They discovered him up _ [G] in his [B] last foxhole. _
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[Gb] Well _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ [Em] years went by [F] and now _ _ he's [G] in another foxhole in Vietnam.
[C] _ _ _ And there's a boy from Brooklyn [G] behind a [C] gun.
_ [F] _ _ They couldn't send his [G] daddy, _ so they sent [C] his son. _ _ _
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