I'm uploading this because I couldn't seem to find it online and had to self-teach it by ear. If I've gotten the chords wrong, I apologize, let me know and I'll try to fix it. One way or another, I'm putting this here so someone else can get the same enjoyment out of this song that I do. Intro: E EWhen (022100@1)my girl got pregnant well I dropped right out of school ABut (x02220@1)there's no work in South Hill so what else could I do? EThe (022100@1)recruiter's came-a-knocking when this whole damn thing began B5 (x244xx@1)EThey (022100@1)promised me a college education food and medicine EThey (022100@1)said I wouldn't spend a dime if I got deployed overseas APlus (x02220@1)Baghdad is safer now than old Washington, DC ESo (022100@1)I signed that dotted line right quick and in a blink of an eye B5 (x244xx@1) EI (022100@1)found myself at Fort Benning where I practiced forming lines EWell (022100@1)Fallujah became my home, my comfort and my dread AThe (x02220@1)marines that came through first man they tore this place to shreds EWith (022100@1)the sound of crushing Amtracs and the whine of their Humvee's B5 (x244xx@1) ECalling (022100@1)in them A-10 air strikes man I wish I could have seen it EBut (022100@1)when we got to town I realized we were only legs AWe (x02220@1)do dismounted patrols we do searches and do raids EWe (022100@1)hear the crack of small arms fire and the blast from IED's B5 (x244xx@1) EWe (022100@1)hurry up and wait, suck in dust and stay low key B5 (x244xx@1) A (x02220@1) EAnd (022100@1)I cannot stop this pounding in my head B5 (x244xx@1) A (x02220@1) EI (022100@1)thought we were doing right but that's not what folks back home have said A (x02220@1) B5 (x244xx@1) E (022100@1) ASometimes (x02220@1)I can't tell which way is up or which is down B5 (x244xx@1) ABut (x02220@1)I'm oddly at ease with this chaos all around EThen (022100@1)one day out on patrol doing time out in the heat AWe (x02220@1)were ordered to a neighborhood to talk to folks out on the street ETo (022100@1)gather information on where some weapons may be stored B5 (x244xx@1) EOr (022100@1)to see if the Mujahideen had hauled them off out of Fallujah and to the north EWell (022100@1)my platoon got lost and made more then one wrong turn AWe (x02220@1)should have called in our position fast but we blamed each other first EThen (022100@1)we started taking sniper fire - god damn them all B5 (x244xx@1) EWe (022100@1)couldn't find the shooter no where he had us pinned down one and all EWell (022100@1)friendies they caught up and we took back that god damned street ABut (x02220@1)something wasn't right and I was feeling really weak EMy (022100@1)adrenaline was high and I was scared and I could hardly breathe B5 (x244xx@1) EI (022100@1)heard doc argue with the Sarg that morphine might kill me EThat's (022100@1)the last thing I remember that and heat and clear blue sky AAnd (x02220@1)thinking about my girl back home and my daughters little eyes EI (022100@1)took that bullet in Fallujah and I'm laid up in Germany B5 (x244xx@1) EAnd (022100@1)I'm headed back stateside to the care of Walter Reed B5 (x244xx@1) A (x02220@1) EAnd (022100@1)I cannot feel a thing below my waist B5 (x244xx@1) A (x02220@1) EDoc (022100@1)tried to help me man but it was too late A (x02220@1) B5 (x244xx@1) E (022100@1) ANow (x02220@1)I don't know who is right or who is wrong B5 (x244xx@1) EBut (022100@1)I'm fucked up and I want to go back home B5 (x244xx@1) A (x02220@1) EAnd (022100@1)I cannot stop this pounding in my head B5 (x244xx@1) A (x02220@1) EI (022100@1)thought we were doing right but that's not what folks back home have said A (x02220@1) B5 (x244xx@1) E (022100@1) ASometimes (x02220@1)I can't tell which way is up or which is down B5 (x244xx@1) EBut (022100@1)one day I'll stand firmly on the ground B5 (x244xx@1) EYes (022100@1)one day I'll stand firmly on the ground
