THE WAR LUCERO Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)D (xx0232@1) FI (133211@1)got drafted at nineteen Me and a bunch of boys from home C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) CJanuary (x32010@1) forty three D (xx0232@1) FWe (133211@1)Drove out to pine bluff and signed on G (320003@1) F (133211@1) CWent (x32010@1)to basic south of Birmingham D (xx0232@1) FThey (133211@1)put me on awest (x02210@1)coast train G (320003@1) F (133211@1) CSpent (x32010@1)three days out in san diego D (xx0232@1) FThen (133211@1)shipped me back east again C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Left a port out of new york D (xx0232@1) FSlept (133211@1)for months in british rain C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) CI (x32010@1)tore it up down in London town D (xx0232@1) FThen (133211@1)they shipped me back out again Chorus: C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)the preacher said boys F (133211@1) CHe (x32010@1)who is killed tonight D (xx0232@1) FWill (133211@1)dine with the lord in parade C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Then one boy spoke up F (133211@1) CSaid (x32010@1)preacher come on D (xx0232@1) FEat (133211@1)your supper with us C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) FNever (133211@1)talk about those first days D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) Lots of friends left behind C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) CBut (x32010@1)I made it all the across france D (xx0232@1) FAnd (133211@1)I fought at the maginot line C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) FRode (133211@1)a tank into Belgium D (xx0232@1) FI (133211@1)liked them better than the French C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) CLike (x32010@1)my daddy thirty years before D (xx0232@1) FI (133211@1)did my time in the trench C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) FLots (133211@1)of days theres no water D (xx0232@1) FBut (133211@1)the liquor kept me warm C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) CThe (x32010@1)cellers were stocked to the ceilings with booze D (xx0232@1) FSo (133211@1)I carried a bottle with my gun CHORUS C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) FThree (133211@1)times I made seargent D (xx0232@1) FIm (133211@1)not that kind of man C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) CPretty (x32010@1)much as quick as I could D (xx0232@1) FI (133211@1)got busted back to private again C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) FCause (133211@1)taking orders never suited me D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) But givin them out was much worse C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) CI (x32010@1)could not stand to get my friends killed D (xx0232@1) FSo (133211@1)I took care of myself first C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)Now I know that don't sound right D (xx0232@1) FDon't (133211@1)think to bad of me C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) FNo (133211@1)it keeps me up nights C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) What I could've done differently CHORUS C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) CI (x32010@1)was not to dine at the table of the lord D (xx0232@1) FHis (133211@1)Food was not to be mine C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) CCause (x32010@1)I cursed his name every chance that I could D (xx0232@1) FAnd (133211@1)I reckon that's why I'm still alive. Finish out pick'n progression
