(intro) G5  G5  G5  G5
        A5 G5  D5  D5

G5
I always knew that you would take yourself far from home
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As soon as, as far as you could go
          G5
By the quarter inch cut of your hair and the army issued
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Green for the past six weeks i can tell where you've been

(chorus 1)
      G5             D5          C5
for i knew, i could see it was all cut and dried
   G5            A5                   G5
to me there was soldier's blue blood streaming inside
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your veins there is a world outside of this room
           C5               G5       A5        G5
and when you meet it promise me that you won't meet
             D5
it with your gun

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Now, you are one, one of the brave few it's awful sad we
G5              D5     G5
Need boys like you i hope the day never comes for here?s
                               A5      G5
Your live round, son stock and barrel, safety trigger
            D5
Here's your gun

(chorus 2)
      G5             D5          C5
for i knew, i could see it was all cut and dried
  G5            A5                   G5
to me there was soldier's blue blood streaming inside
    D5               G5                     D5
your veins there is a world outside of this room
           C5               G5  A5        G5
and when you meet it promise me you won't meet
            D5                         G5       C5
it with your gun taking aim no i don?t mean to argue
           G5                    C5
that they've made a decent boy of you i don't
G5                   D5               C5
mean to spoil your home coming, but baby brother you
                G5
would expect me to.

(4 bars of G5 )

          A5             G5                   D5
Stock and barrel, safety trigger here?s your gun
       G5
So now does your heart pitter-pat with that patriotic sound
         A5                 G5         D5
When you see the stripes of old glory waving

(chorus 3)
      G5            D5          C5                    G5
For i knew i could see it was all cut and dried to me
          A5                   G5
There was soldier's blue blood streaming inside your
D5               G5                     D5
Veins there's a world outside of this room and when
C5                   G5  A5        G5
You meet it promise me you won't meet it with
     D5                           G5        C5
Your gun, taking aim for i don't mean, to argue that
        G5                    C5     G5
They've made a decent boy of you i don't mean to spoil
     D5              C5            D5
Your home coming my baby brother jude
           G5       C5           G5           C5
No i don't mean to hurt you by saying this again
           G5              D5                    C5
They're so good at making soldiers but they're not
                  G5
As good at making men