The intro has two guitars, one strumming chords and one picking the chords. For the and choruses, you can pick the bass line easily, just hitting the 5ths. _Intro_ F5 A5 D5 C5 C#5 F5 A5 D5 C5 C#5 * *C#5 : e--0-- B--1-- G--1-- D--2-- A--3-- E----- F5 Dear Mr. President, A5 D5 C5 I?m a soldier with the 82nd Airborne stationed overseas. F5 A5 My family and my friends all pray that God is watching over me. D5 C5 Even God can?t save us now. Bb5 F5 Mr. President, I?m writing you this poem , Bb5 F5 And I?ve sent along this picture of my family back at home. Bb5 A5 C5 I hear my heart beat loud in these killing fields alone. Bb5 F5 I always hit my target; I just miss my happy home. Bb5 F5 When will be the end of this all? Bb5 F5 Tell me, when will be the end of this all? Bb5 A5 C5 Now that our back is against the wall. F5 C5 Whoa, oh yea ---Repeat Intro once.--- F5 A5 I joined the army like my father did and his father did before. D5 C5 I saw Army green and canvas look like perfect art of war. F5 A5 The images I see now are like ones I saw before. D5 C5 How am I a hero if I don?t know what it?s for? Bb5 F5 Days are getting longer, nights I never get to sleep, Bb5 F5 And I just had a newborn daughter that I hope I get to see. Bb5 A5 C5 I?ve got bloodshed on my conscience; she?s so innocent and free. Bb5 F5 I just killed some baby?s father, better him instead of me. Bb5 F5 When will be the end of this all? Bb5 F5 Tell me, when will be the end of this all? Bb5 A5 C5 Now that our back is against the wall? F5 C5 Mankind is getting small. --Repeat Chorus Once-- F5 A5 Before the war, life it was beautiful, we marched out in the sun. D5 C5 Now it?s stars and stripes at funerals, our darkest days have come. F5 A5 Dying in this combat zone, it scares me half to death, D5 C5 ?Cause if I don?t make it to heaven, what?s to live for after death? Bb5 F5 I?ve seen mothers of the friends I?ve lost out marching in a crowd, Bb5 F5 ?Cause their sons wear purple hearts inside their coffins in the ground. Bb5 A5 C5 When they left for war, they thought their mommies would be proud. Bb5 F5 When they faced off with their enemies, they fought to take them down. Bb5 F5 Hatred is tearing us all apart, Bb5 F5 Separation is tearing the world apart, Bb5 A5 C5 Corruption is playing its part. _Outtro_ F5 C5 F5 A5 D5 C5 C#5 F5
