Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)        FI (133211@1)got drafted at nineteen
G (320003@1)                         FMe (133211@1)and a bunch of boys from home
Am (x02210@1)C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)   CJanuary (x32010@1)forty-three,
D (xx0232@1)                                Fdrove (133211@1)out to Pine Bluff and signed on

Am (x02210@1)    C (x32010@1)            FWent (133211@1)to basic south of Birmingham
G (320003@1)                        FPut (133211@1)me on west coast bound train
Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)   CSpent (x32010@1)three days out in San Diego
D (xx0232@1)                           FAnd (133211@1)they shipped me back east again

Am (x02210@1)   C (x32010@1)         FLeft (133211@1)a port out of New York
G (320003@1)                         FSlept (133211@1)for months in British rain
Am (x02210@1)    C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)    CTore (x32010@1)it up down in London town
D (xx0232@1)                          FAnd (133211@1)they shipped me back out again

C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)         F (133211@1)         CThe (x32010@1)preacher said Boys he who is killed tonight
     D (xx0232@1)                      Fwill (133211@1)dine with the Lord in Paradise
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)           COne (x32010@1)boy spoke up, said preacher come on
D (xx0232@1)                  Feat (133211@1)your supper with us

Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)             FNever (133211@1)talk about those first days
G (320003@1)                    FLots (133211@1)of friends left behind
Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)        CBut (x32010@1)I made it all the way across France
D (xx0232@1)                         FAnd (133211@1)I fought at the Maginot line

Am (x02210@1)   C (x32010@1)       FRoad (133211@1)a tank into Belgium
G (320003@1)                        FLiked (133211@1)them better than the French
Am (x02210@1)    C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)            CLike (x32010@1)my daddy, thirty years before
D (xx0232@1)                 FI (133211@1)did my time in a trench

Am (x02210@1)    C (x32010@1)             FLots (133211@1)of days there's no water
G (320003@1)                    FBut (133211@1)the liquor kept me warm
Am (x02210@1)             C (x32010@1)              F (133211@1)           CThe (x32010@1)cellars were stocked to their ceilings with booze
D (xx0232@1)                           FSo (133211@1)I carried a bottle with my gun

C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)         F (133211@1)         CThe (x32010@1)preacher said Boys he who is killed tonight
     D (xx0232@1)                      Fwill (133211@1)dine with the Lord in Paradise
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)           COne (x32010@1)boy spoke up, said preacher come on
D (xx0232@1)                  Feat (133211@1)your supper with us

Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)           FThree (133211@1)times I made sergeant
G (320003@1)                  FI'm (133211@1)not that kind of man
Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)        CAnd (x32010@1)pretty much just as quick as I could
D (xx0232@1)                           FI (133211@1)get busted back to private again

Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)          FCause (133211@1)taking orders never suited me
G (320003@1)                    FGiving (133211@1)them out was much worse
Am (x02210@1)    C (x32010@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

Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)             FNow (133211@1)I know that don't sound right
G (320003@1)                    FDon't (133211@1)think too bad of me
Am (x02210@1)   C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)       CNow (x32010@1)it keeps me up nights
D (xx0232@1)                           FWhat (133211@1)I could have done differently

C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)         F (133211@1)         CThe (x32010@1)preacher said Boys he who is killed tonight
     D (xx0232@1)                      Fwill (133211@1)dine with the Lord in Paradise
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)           COne (x32010@1)boy spoke up, said preacher come on
D (xx0232@1)                  Feat (133211@1)your supper with us

C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)          CI'd (x32010@1)be no guest 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 recon that's why I'm still alive