Chords for Shawn James - Dear Soldier (Lyrics)

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_ _ _ [Am] _ Who am I to _ say _ what's [Dm] right _ _ or [E] wrong?
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] Who _ are you to pull the trigger on _ [Dm] enemies? _ _ _
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Young men join the front _ _ lines to [Dm] still his _ [A] stormy soul. _
_ [Am] Now _ all _ that's _ _ left are the [Dm] _ _ memories [A] of [Em] _
old.
_ [A] They _ _ all _ [Am] fall down.
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_ _ [A] Some won't [Am] _
survive _ _ _ _ _ trying [Dm] _ to [Am] _ _ escape _ _ the memory of [Dm] what [Am] they _ _ became. _ _
I tried hard to be proud of my service, _ but [A] all I could feel was shame.
_ _ Racism could no longer mask the reality of the occupation.
[Am] These were people.
These were human beings.
_ I feel [A] guilt any time I see a mother with her children, like the one who cried hysterically,
and screamed that we were worse than [Dm] Saddam as we forced [Am] her from her home.
_ I feel [A] guilt any time I see a young girl, [Dm] _ [Am] like the one I grabbed by the arm [A] and dragged into the street.
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_ [Am] We were told we were fighting terrorists. _ _
[A] The real terrorist was [Am] me, and the real terrorism is this occupation.
_ _ Who am I to _ say [Dm] what's _ right _ [A] or _ _ _ _ wrong?
[Am] Who are you to pull the trigger _ [E] on enemies?
_ _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ Young men join the front _ [A] lines to [Dm] _ still his [A] stormy _ _ soul.
_ Now [Am] _
all _ that's _ left [E] are the memories _ [A] of _ old.
_ They _ [E] all _ fall _ down. _ _
[A] Some _ won't _ _ _ survive _ _ _ trying to _ escape _ [E] _ _
the memory of what they [Am] _
became.
_ _ [A] They _ _ [E] all _ [A] fall _ _ down.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Some won't [Am] _ _ _ survive [E] _ _
[A] _ _ trying _ _ to [Am] _ _ _ escape _ [A] the memories [Dm] of what [Am] they became.
_ _ _ _ _ While those weapons are created and owned by this government, they are harmless without people willing to use them.
Those who [Dm] send us to war do not have to pull [Am] a trigger or lob a mortar round.
They do not have to fight the war.
They merely have to sell the war.
They need a public who is willing to send their soldiers into [Dm] harm's way.
They need soldiers who are [A] willing to kill and be killed without question.
_ Soldiers, sailors, [Dm] Marines, _ [Am] airmen have nothing to [A] gain from this occupation.
The vast majority of [Dm] people living in the U [Am].S. have nothing to gain from this occupation.
[Dm] In [A] fact, not only do we have nothing to [Am] gain, but we suffer more because of it.
[A] We lose limbs, endure [B] trauma, and give our lives.
_ [Am] Our families have to watch flag-draped coffins lowered [D] into the earth. _ _ _ _ _ _
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