E5 B5 E5 Jimmy joined the army ?cause he had no place to go F#5 There ain?t nobody hirin? ?round here since all the jobs went down to Mexico A5 F#5 B5 Reckoned that he?d learn himself a trade maybe see the world A5 F#5 B5 Move to the city some day and marry a black haired girl A5 E5 Somebody somewhere had another plan A5 E5 Now he?s got a rifle in his hand B5 C#5 Rollin? into Bagdhad wonderin? how he got this far E5 B5 E5 Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man?s war E5 A5 E5 B5 E5 B5 E5 Bobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm F#5 Red white and blue to the bone the day he landed in Kandahar A5 F#5 B5 Left behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl A5 F#5 B5 A stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world A5 E5 Been a year no and he?s still there A5 E5 Chasin? ghosts in the thin dry air B5 C#5 Meanwhile back at home the finance company took his car E5 B5 E5 Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man?s war E5 A5 E5 B5 E5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 A5 When will we ever learn C#5 B5 When will we ever see C#5 A5 Stand up and take our turn C#5 B5 Tellin? ourselves we?re free E5 B5 E5 Ali was the second son of a second son F#5 Grew up in Gaza throwin? bottles and rock when the tanks would come A5 F#5 B5 Ain?t nothin? else to do around here just a game children play A5 F#5 B5 Somethin? about livin? in fear all your life makes you hard that way A5 E5 He answered when he got the call A5 E5 Wrapped himself in death and he praised Allah B5 C#5 A fat man in a new Mercedes drove him to the door E5 B5 E5 Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man?s war