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G (320003@1)                              AmJohnny (x02210@1)lived next door to me and Paul lived down the block

D (xx0232@1)                            C (x32010@1)      GWe'd (320003@1)meet each day at my house sharp at six oclock

                                  AmWe'd (x02210@1)race our bikes to school and Paul would win

D (xx0232@1)                                   C (x32010@1)                  GJohnny (320003@1)said that cause we're nine and Paul had just turned ten


                               AmFirst (x02210@1)day of High School on my way to my first class

D (xx0232@1)                              C (x32010@1)             GThree (320003@1)football players said they wouldn't let me pass

                        AmI (x02210@1)set my books down and I rolled up my sleeve

D (xx0232@1)                           C (x32010@1)              GAnd (320003@1)then I noticed there were two boys next to me


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       C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)     GIt (320003@1)was me and John and Paul

         C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)  GThe (320003@1)best friends you ever saw

        C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)     EmAll (022000@1)for one and one for all

       C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)     GIt (320003@1)was me and John and Paul


                          AmI (x02210@1)wonder why they call it graduation day

D (xx0232@1)                          C (x32010@1)         GIt's (320003@1)more like a funeral for youth thats passed away

                               Am (x02210@1)     
Paul said he's leaving for the Army in two weeks

D (xx0232@1)                             C (x32010@1)       GJohnny (320003@1)said lets go to town and make some memories


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                              AmYears (x02210@1)later I heard Paul came back from the Gulf War

D (xx0232@1)                       C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)
I flew up to Tennessee to visit him once more

                            AmIt (x02210@1)didn't shock me none to hear that he'd been brave

D (xx0232@1)                        C (x32010@1)           GHe (320003@1)lost his own life but another one he saved


                          Am (x02210@1)
I waited by a tree till everyone had left

D (xx0232@1)                      C (x32010@1)                GAnd (320003@1)I went up to say a prayer where my pal slept

                               Am (x02210@1)           
And then I heard a voice I hadn't heard in years

D (xx0232@1)                             C (x32010@1)              GI (320003@1)didn't need to turn around I knew just who was there


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