Intro:
F#5 D5
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Verse 1
F#5 F#5 D5 D5 D5
I was there in the winter of '64, camped in the ice at Nashville's door.
A5 A5 F#5 E5 E5 D5
Three-hundred miles our trail had led, we barely had time to bury our dead.
D5 E5 E5 E5 D5
When the yankees charged and the colors fell, Overton Hill was a living hell.
D5 E5
When we called retreat it was almost dark,
E5 E5 D5
I died with a grape-shot in my heart.
Chorus
D5 E5 F#5 D5 D E5 E5
Say a prayer for peace, for every fallen son.
D5 E5 F#5 D5 D E5 E5
Set my spirit free, let me lay down my gun.
B5 B5 D5
Sweet Mother Mary, I'm so tired,
D5 D5 F#5 E5
but I can't come home til the last shot's fired.
Verse 2
F#5 F#5 D5 D5 D5 D5
In June of 1944, I waded in the blood of Omaha's shore.
A5 A5 F#5 E5 E5 D5
Twenty-one and scared to death, my heart poundin' in my chest.
D5 E5 E5 E5 D5
I almost made the first sea wall, when my friends turned and saw me fall.
D5 E5
I still smell the smoke, I can taste the mud,
E5 E5 D5
as I lay there dying from a loss of blood.
Chorus
Interlude
D5 E5
I'm in the fields of Vietnam , the mountains of Afghanistan,
D5 E5
And I'm still hopin', waitin', prayin' I did not die in vain.
Chorus (reprise)
D5 E5 F#5 D5 D E5 E5
Say a prayer for peace, for every fallen son.
D5 E5 F#5 D5 D E5 E5
Set our spirits free, let us lay down our guns.
B5 B5 D5
Sweet Mother Mary, We're so tired,
D5 D5 F#5
but We can't come home til the last shot's fired.
D5 F#5 D5
Til the Last Shot's Fired.
[closing chorus is a cappella]
