DEDICATION DAY
ERIC BOGLE
NOTE:
CAPO 1ST FRET , all chord positions are relative to capo.
Eg. G= G# D=Eb C=C#
Key of G#
I think? Eric plays it in 4/4 timing, but 3./4 timing works well also. Before you come into the first
try creating a little run on the C chord I tend to do something like pick the B string then the G , D pulloff
a hammer-on , G ,D pulloff. Just anything that will lead you into the first verse.
G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)Verse 1
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CAugust (x32010@1)in Mildura, and winters on the run,
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) Dthere?s (xx0232@1)an early taste of springtime, in the warm mid-morning sun.
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CAs (x32010@1)the men marched past from first to last, the crowds cheer everyone,
Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)and war seems somehow very far away, on this sunny dedication day.
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CThey (x32010@1)marched to a memorial, built by and for their own,
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) Da (xx0232@1)simple wall of remembrance of brick and steel and stone.
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CWith (x32010@1)the names inscribed of those that died and to those that had made it home,
Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1)
G (320003@1)with a debt of love and honor to repay, had all gathered there on dedication day.
Chorus
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CIt?s (x32010@1)dedication day,
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CIt?s (x32010@1)dedication day.
Verse 2
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CThere (x32010@1)was a concert held that evening me and others sang our songs,
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)
Dwhile (xx0232@1)the boys drank beer and reminisced, laughed and clapped and sang along.
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CAs (x32010@1)I was standing there with my guitar, just waiting to go on,
Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1)
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)a man grabbed my arm and said please would you play a, song for my mate Hans this dedication day.
Verse 3
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CHe (x32010@1)asked me to sing welcome home, and I saw tears in his eyes,
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)I knew there was a story there, but I did not want to pry.
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CAnd (x32010@1)then he said to me, I want that song you see, for this morning my mate died,
Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1)
D (xx0232@1) Gfaced (320003@1)with his grief there was nothing I could say, so I sang for Hans on dedication day.
Chorus
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CIt?s (x32010@1)dedication day
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CIt?s (x32010@1)dedication day
(Piano solo)
Verse 4
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CThey (x32010@1)say that Hans took his own life, but I don?t know if that?s true,
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) Dbut (xx0232@1)if it is that?s no surprise, too many Vietnam vetrans do.
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) COnly (x32010@1)those who were there, can know the despair and the pain that he went through,
Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1)
Gfor (320003@1)who can understand it more than they, those who knew the cost of dedication day
Verse 5
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CThough (x32010@1)that Asian wars long over, there still burying their dead
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) Dyet (xx0232@1)somehow the bond grows stronger, with each broken thread
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CWhat (x32010@1)poison stole and two hands sold to taint the years ahead
Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1)
GIn (320003@1)that war so long ago and far away until they died of wounds on dedication day.
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)Chorus
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CIt's (x32010@1)dedication day
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CIt's (x32010@1)dedication day
(Repeat until fade out)
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