There is a lot of picking in this song (not much strumming) not to mention a
plethora of other instruments giving an overwhelming and eerie effect to
the music. But I tried to find the chords as best I could in the'
conglomeration of instruments.
Intro:
F#m (244222@1) Dsus4|---------|-2-------------------|-0-------| (xx0233@1)|---------|-2---pick individual-|-2-------|
|---------|-2---strings after---|-3-------| x2
|------2--|-4---the downbeat----|-0-------|
|--2-4----|-4-------------------|-0-------|
|---------|-2-------------------|-x-------|
Verse 1
F#m (244222@1) F#m/E D (xx0232@1) D/E (000232@1) D/F#I (200232@1)was there in the winter of '64, camped in the ice at Nashville's door.
A (x02220@1) A/G# (402220@1) F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) E/C# (042100@1) D (xx0232@1)
Three-hundred miles our trail had led, we barely had time to bury our dead.
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E/C# (042100@1) DWhen (xx0232@1)the yankees charged and the colors fell, Overton Hill was a living hell.
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)
When we called retreat it was almost dark,
E (022100@1) E/C# (042100@1) Dmaj7I (xx0222@1)died with a grape-shot in my heart.
Chorus
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1) D/C# (x40232@1) Esus4 (022200@1) ESay (022100@1)a prayer for peace, for every fallen son.
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1) D/C# (x40232@1) Esus4 (022200@1) ESet (022100@1)my spirit free, let me lay down my gun.
BmBm/C# (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1)
Sweet Mother Mary, I'm so tired,
D (xx0232@1) D/E (000232@1) F#m (244222@1) Ebut (022100@1)I can't come home til the last shot's fired.
Verse 2
F#mF#m/E (244222@1)D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) D/E (000232@1) D/F#In (200232@1)June of 1944, I waded in the blood of Omaha's shore.
A (x02220@1) A/G# (402220@1) F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) E/C# (042100@1) D (xx0232@1)
Twenty-one and scared to death, my heart poundin' in my chest.
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E/C# (042100@1) DI (xx0232@1)almost made the first sea wall, when my friends turned and saw me fall.
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)
I still smell the smoke, I can taste the mud,
E (022100@1) E/C# (042100@1) Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)
as I lay there dying from a loss of blood.
Chorus
Interlude
D (xx0232@1) EI'm (022100@1)in the fields of Vietnam, the mountains of Afghanistan,
D (xx0232@1) EAnd (022100@1)I'm still hopin', waitin', prayin' I did not die in vain.
Chorus (reprise)
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1) D/C# (x40232@1) Esus4 (022200@1) ESay (022100@1)a prayer for peace, for every fallen son.
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1) D/C# (x40232@1) Esus4 (022200@1) ESet (022100@1)our spirits free, let us lay down our guns.
BmBm/C# (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1)
Sweet Mother Mary, We're so tired,
D (xx0232@1) D/E (000232@1) F#m (244222@1)
but We can't come home til the last shot's fired.
D (xx0232@1) F#m (244222@1) DTil (xx0232@1)the Last Shot's Fired.
[closing chorus is a cappella]
