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FA REm SIb SOL
REm REm7 DO
We met as soul mates on Parris Island,
REm REm7 DO
we left as inmates from an asylum.
MIm LAm MIm LAm
And we were sharp, as sharp as knives
REm REm/DO SOL DO SOL
and we were so gung-ho to lay down our lives.
REm REm7 DO
We came in spastic like tameless horses,
REm REm7 DO
we left in plastic as numbered corpses.
MIm LAm MIm LAm
And we learned fast to travel light,
REm DO SIb SOL REm SOL
our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight.
REm REm7 DO
We had no home front, we had no soft soap.
REm REm7 DO
They sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope.
MIm LAm MIm LAm
We dug in deep and shot on sight
REm FA SOL DO SOL
and prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might.
REm REm7 DO
We had no cameras to shoot the landscape
REm REm7 DO
we passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes.
MIm LAm MIm LAm
And it was dark, so dark at night
REm REm/DO
and we held on to each other, like brother to brother,
SIb FA6/LA SOL
we promised our mothers we'd write.
FA SIb DO DO7
And we would all go down together,
FA SIb DO DO7
we said we'd all go down together,
FA SIb SOL FA REm DO
yes, we would all go down together.
REm REm7 DO
Remember Charlie, remember Baker,
REm REm7 DO
they left their childhood on every acre.
MIm LAm MIm LAm
And who was wrong? And who was right?
REm DO SIb SOL
It didn't matter in the thick of the fight.
LAm MIm DO REm MI REm REm7 MI
We held the day in the palm of our hand.
LAm MIm DO REm MI REm DO+
They ruled the night and the night seemed to last
MI DO MI REm REm7 DO
as long as six weeks on Parris Island.
REm REm7 DO
We held the coastline, they held the highlands,
MIm LAm MIm LAm
and they were sharp, as sharp as knives,
REm REm/DO
they heard the hum of motors, they counted the rotors
SIb FA6/LA SOL
and waited for us to arrive.
FA SIb DO DO7
And we would all go down together,
FA SIb DO DO7
we said we'd all go down together,
FA SIb SOL FA REm SIb
yes, we would all go down together.
SOL FA REm SIb
(C+ = 032110)
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