intro: A D A G D x2 Verse: A (D)* A Said goodbye to his momma as he left south dakota G D to fight fot the red white and blue A (D)* A He was nineteen in green with a new M-16 G D Just doing what he had to do A (D)* A He was dropped in the jungle where the choppers would rumble G D With the smell of napalm in the air A And the seargent said G D Look up ahead A (D)* A Like a dark evil cloud twelve hundred came down G D On him and twenty-nine more A (D)* A They fought for their lives but most of them died G D In the 173rd airborne Chorus: A (D)* A On the 8th of November the angels were crying G D As they carried his brothers away A (D)* A With the fire raining down and the hell all around G D There were few men left standing that day F G Saw an eagle fly through a clear blue sky F G Nineteen-sixty-five NC A (D)* A G D the 8th of November A (D)* A Now he's fifty-eight and his pony tail's gray G D But the battle still plays in his head A (D)* A He limps when he walks but he's strong when he talks G D About the shrapnell they left in his leg A (D)* A He puts on a suit over his airborne tatoo G D He ties it on one time a year A (D)* A He remembers the fallen as he orders a tall one G D And swallows it down with his tears Chorus: A (D)* A On the 8th of November the angels were crying G D As they carried his brothers away A (D)* A With the fire raining down and the hell all around G D There were few men left standing that day F G Saw an eagle fly through a clear blue sky F G Nineteen-sixty-five NC A (D)* A G D the 8th of November A (D)* A On the 8th of November the angels were crying G D As they carried his brothers away A (D)* A With the fire raining down and the hell all around G D There were few men left standing that day A (D)* A On the 8th of November the angels were crying G D As they carried his brothers away A (D)* A With the fire raining down and the hell all around G D There were few men left standing that day F G F Saw an eagle fly through a clear blue sky F G Nineteen-sixty-five A (D)* A G D the 8th of November A (D)* A G D Verse: A (D)* A Said goodbye to his momma as he left south dakota G F to fight fot the red white and blue A (D)8 He was nineteen in green with a new M-16 G D Just doing what he had to do -- * You don't need to play this D, but Big Kenny plays it live. I think it sounds good, it makes it so you are not holding A out so long. Its a good song, don't be afraid to let ring for a little, i.e. only strum F once until the G on "saw the eagle fly", it sounds best. ENJOY!
