e|------------------10--12--12--10------12--10-----10----|
B|----------10--12------------------12----------12-----12|
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D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------10--12--12--10--------12--10-----10------|
B|------10--12--------------------12----------12----13-12|
G|--12---------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
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Charlie boy, don't go to war, first born in forty - four
G            Cadd9    G  Em F#/D  Em F#/D G
Kennedy made him believe we could do much more

        Em     F#/D G      Cadd9 G      F#/D G       x2
(Count: 1     2     3     4|    |1     2     3     4)
Ohhh..
G              Cadd9     G     Em   F#/D   Em       F#/D G
Lillian, don't hang your head, love should make you feel good
   G           Cadd9    G        Em  F#/D Em     F#/D G
In uniform you raised a man, who vol--un--teered to   stand

        Em     F#/D G      Cadd9 G      F#/D G       x2
(Count: 1     2     3     4|    |1     2     3     4)
Ohhh

[Chorus]
Cadd9           Em       F#/D
Play the bugle, play the taps and
Cadd9     Em           F#/D
Make your mothers proud
Cadd9             Em     F#/D
Raise your rifles to the sky boys
Cadd9     Em         F#/D
Fire that volley loud

[Verse]
G               Cadd9  G       Em F#/D Em    F#/D G
News was bad on upland ave., metu-chen mourn our  loss
G                    Cadd9   G           Em  F#/D Em       F#/D G
Sons rebelled, while fathers yelled, and mot-hers clutched the  cross

        Em     F#/D G      Cadd9 G      F#/D G       x2
(Count: 1     2     3     4|    |1     2     3     4)
Ohhh

[Chorus]
Cadd9           Em       F#/D
Play the bugle, play the taps and
Cadd9     Em           F#/D
Make your mothers proud
Cadd9             Em     F#/D
Raise your rifles to the sky boys
Cadd9     Em         F#/D
Fire that volley loud

(Outro)
G Cadd9 G Em F#/D Em F#/D G