Til the Last Shot's Fired Authors: Rob Crosby, Doug Johnson 2008 covered by race Adkins This is the 2012 version covered by Fex Rossi CAPO 2 Em Am / Em Am Em C/D I was there in the winter of '64 Am C Em When we camped in the ice at Nashville's doors G C D Three hundred miles our trail had led Am C Em We barely had time to bury our dead G C D When the Yankees charged and the colors fell Am C Em Overton hill was a living hell G C D When we called retreat it was almost dark Am C Em I died with a grapeshot in my heart C D Em Say a prayer for peace C G D For every fallen son C D Em Set my spirit free C G D Let me lay down my gun Am C D Sweet mother Mary I'm so tired C D Em But I can't come home 'til the last shot's fired Em Am / Em Am Em C/D In June of 1944 Am C Em I waited in the blood of Omaha's shores G C D Twenty-one and scared to death Am C Em My heart poundin' in my chest G C D I almost made the first seawall Am C Em When my friends turned and saw me fall G C D I still smell the smoke, I can taste the mud Am C Em As I lay there dying from a loss of blood CHORUS C I'm in the fields of Vietnam, D The mountains of Afghanistan C And I'm still hopin', waitin', prayin' D I did not die in vain CHORUS http://www.fexrossi.com