G5     B5          E5    B5    E5    D5   B5  A5     G5
Charlie boy, don't go to war, first born in forty-four
 G5  B5       E5     B5   E5   D5   B5  A5    G5
Kennedy made him believe we could do much more

G5     D5    B5   C5   B5   A5  G5
Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh

 G5  B5    D5    E5         B5    E5    D5    B5        A5    G5
Lillian, don't hang your head, love should make you feel good
   G5   B5   D5   E5      B5       E5  D5  B5     A5    G5
In uniform you raised a man, who vol-un-teered to stand

G5     D5    B5   C5   B5   A5  G5
Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh

E5        G5      B5       D5
Play the bugle, play the taps and
E5         G5         D5
Make your mothers proud
E5          G5     B5      D5
Raise your rifles to the sky boys
E5         G5        D5
Fire that volley loud

 G5       B5  D5  E5     B5       E5    D5   B5    A5    G5
News was bad on Upland Ave, my touch and mourn our loss
G5       B5       D5    E5      B5
Sons rebelled, while fathers yelled, 
     E5  D5     B5      A5     G5
and moth-ers clutched the cross

G5     D5    B5   C5   B5   A5  G5
Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh

E5        G5      B5       D5
Play the bugle, play the taps and
E5         G5         D5
Make your mothers proud
E5          G5     B5      D5
Raise your rifles to the sky boys
E5         G5        D5
Fire that volley loud