Til the Last Shot's Fired Authors: Rob Crosby, Doug Johnson 2008 covered by race Adkins This is the 2012 version covered by Fex Rossi CAPO 2 Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) / Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)Em (022000@1) C/D (x5555x@1) I was there in the winter of '64 Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1)When we camped in the ice at Nashville's doors G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DThree (xx0232@1)hundred miles our trail had led Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) EmWe (022000@1)barely had time to bury our dead G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DWhen (xx0232@1)the Yankees charged and the colors fell Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) EmOverton (022000@1)hill was a living hell G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DWhen (xx0232@1)we called retreat it was almost dark Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) EmI (022000@1)died with a grapeshot in my heart C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1)Say a prayer for peace C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) For every fallen son C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) EmSet (022000@1)my spirit free C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DLet (xx0232@1)me lay down my gun Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DSweet (xx0232@1)mother Mary I'm so tired C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) EmBut (022000@1)I can't come home 'til the last shot's fired Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) / Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)Em (022000@1) C/D (x5555x@1) In June of 1944 Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1)I waited in the blood of Omaha's shores G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DTwenty-one (xx0232@1)and scared to death Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) EmMy (022000@1)heart poundin' in my chest G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DI (xx0232@1)almost made the first seawall Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) EmWhen (022000@1)my friends turned and saw me fall G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DI (xx0232@1)still smell the smoke, I can taste the mud Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) EmAs (022000@1)I lay there dying from a loss of blood CHORUS C (x32010@1) I'm in the fields of Vietnam, DThe (xx0232@1)mountains of Afghanistan CAnd (x32010@1)I'm still hopin', waitin', prayin' DI (xx0232@1)did not die in vain CHORUS http://www.fexrossi.com
