THE WAR LUCERO Am C G F D F I got drafted at nineteen Me and a bunch of boys from home C G F C January forty three D F We Drove out to pine bluff and signed on G F C Went to basic south of Birmingham D F They put me on a west coast train G F C Spent three days out in san diego D F Then shipped me back east again C G F C Left a port out of new york D F Slept for months in british rain C G F C I tore it up down in London town D F Then they shipped me back out again Chorus: C G And the preacher said boys F C He who is killed tonight D F Will dine with the lord in parade C G Then one boy spoke up F C Said preacher come on D F Eat your supper with us C G F Never talk about those first days D F Lots of friends left behind C G F C But I made it all the across france D F And I fought at the maginot line C G F Rode a tank into Belgium D F I liked them better than the French C G F C Like my daddy thirty years before D F I did my time in the trench C G F Lots of days theres no water D F But the liquor kept me warm C G F C The cellers were stocked to the ceilings with booze D F So I carried a bottle with my gun CHORUS C G F Three times I made seargent D F Im not that kind of man C G F C Pretty much as quick as I could D F I got busted back to private again C G F Cause taking orders never suited me D F But givin them out was much worse C G F C I could not stand to get my friends killed D F So I took care of myself first C G F Now I know that don’t sound right D F Don’t think to bad of me C G F No it keeps me up nights C F What I could’ve done differently CHORUS C G F C I was not to dine at the table of the lord D F His Food was not to be mine C G F C Cause I cursed his name every chance that I could D F And I reckon that’s why I’m still alive. Finish out pick'n progression
