Intro With A

Bm (x24432@1)                 GA (320003@1)daughter born the day they walked the Moon
D (xx0232@1)                           ASomewhere (x02220@1)on the Edge of the Age of Aquarius
Bm (x24432@1)             G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)             AIn (x02220@1)the year her mother - would have otherwise - forgotten

Bm (x24432@1)                  GJuly (320003@1)Was very hot in North Carolina
D (xx0232@1)                           ASo (x02220@1)she left For Buffalo on a bus in the rain
           Bm (x24432@1)                       GWith (320003@1)the steam off the asphalt still wet in her hair
         D (xx0232@1)                     A (x02220@1)       Bm (x24432@1)      G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)AAnd (x02220@1)the pain of her soldier gone ... just sailed away

Bm (x24432@1)                            GBefore (320003@1)he'as a soldier, He was just his Mother's boy
D (xx0232@1)                          AAnd (x02220@1)that's exaclty How She planned to keep him
Bm (x24432@1)                G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)       AHis (x02220@1)Father died so long ago and he was all - she had
            Bm (x24432@1)                  GStill (320003@1)she shared His Love With a very young wife
        D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)   Bm (x24432@1)                    G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)AAnd (x02220@1)before the War   ...   things weren't so bad

CHORUS:

Bm (x24432@1)                   G (320003@1)    But every Generation makes the same mistakes
       D (xx0232@1)                          A (x02220@1)             
     Still we send our sons away to do the same
     Bm (x24432@1)                      G (320003@1)    The mothers cry and the daughters die inside
              D (xx0232@1)                   A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1)D-A  Bm (x24432@1)G (320003@1)D-A
     And the sons like the fathers  -  march

Bm (x24432@1)                            GWhose (320003@1)hair was longer? I think his, she might say
D (xx0232@1)                   ABut (x02220@1)in the Army they cut it all away
Bm (x24432@1)               G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)  AToo (x02220@1)Much Room For Wild Thoughts to grow
Bm (x24432@1)                       GAnd (320003@1)in the spring of his child's first year
     D (xx0232@1)                      AThe (x02220@1)father, hey the son, the husband
       Bm (x24432@1)                      GUnder (320003@1)beautiful sky, youth like fire in His eyes
D (xx0232@1)                   AHe (x02220@1)gave His Life For Nothin'
     Bm (x24432@1)                    G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)ANo, (x02220@1)nothin' at all, they say

Bm (x24432@1)                   GSo (320003@1)Many Years and the pain it still remains
D (xx0232@1)                     AAnd (x02220@1)now her daughter's man will sail away
Bm (x24432@1)                     GPolitics (320003@1)and promises forever the Same
    D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)            Bm (x24432@1)          G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)AWe (x02220@1)take away and sacrifice  ...  What we cannot replace

FINAL CHORUS:

Bm (x24432@1)                   G (320003@1)    But every Generation makes the same mistakes
       D (xx0232@1)                          A (x02220@1)             
     Still we send our sons away to do the same
     Bm (x24432@1)                      G (320003@1)    The mothers cry and the daughters die inside
              D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)        Bm (x24432@1)                  A (x02220@1)    And the sons like the fathers - now the sons and the daugters - 
      Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1)D-A  Bm (x24432@1)G (320003@1)D-A
     March

Bm (x24432@1)                    G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1) ABuffalo (x02220@1)in the winter, bitter as it is, is home
     Bm (x24432@1)                 G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)-  Bm (x24432@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)D/FFor (100232@1)three generations of widowed brides