Chords with lyrics
Key: C majorC
Verse 1:
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
I got your letter today
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7
And I miss you all so much here
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I can't wait to see you all
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7
And I'm counting the days here
Chorus:
DmDm C majorC
I still believe that there's gold
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
At the end of the world
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And I'll come home to Illinois
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7 C majorC
On the day after tomorrow
Verse 2:
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
And it's so hard and it's cold here
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7
And I'm tired of taking orders
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
And I miss old Rockford town
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7
Up by the Wisconsin border
Chorus:
DmDm C majorC
What I miss, you won't believe
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Shoveling snow and raking leaves
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
And my plane will touch down
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7 C majorC
On the day after tomorrow
Verse 3:
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
I close my eyes every night
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7
And I dream that I can hold you
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
They fill us full of lies, everyone buys
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7
About what it means to be a soldier
Chorus:
DmDm C majorC
I still don't know how I'm supposed to feel
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
About all the blood that's been spilled
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
Will God on his throne get me back home
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7 C majorC
On the day after tomorrow?
Verse 4:
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
You can't deny, the other side
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7
Don't want to die any more than we do
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
What I'm trying to say is, don't they pray
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7
To the same God that we do?
Chorus:
DmDm C majorC
Tell me how does God choose
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Whose prayers does he refuse?
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
Who turns the wheel? Who throws the dice
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7 C majorC
On the day after tomorrow?
Bridge:
N.C.
Silent night, holy night
N.C.
All is calm, all is bright
Verse 5:
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
I am not fighting for justice
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7
I am not fighting for freedom
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
I am fighting for my life
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7
And another day in the world here
Chorus:
DmDm C majorC
I just do what I've been told
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
We're just the gravel on the road
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And only the lucky ones come home
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7 C majorC
On the day after tomorrow
Verse 6:
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And the summer, it too will fade
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7
And with it brings the winter's frost, dear
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
And I know we too are made
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7
Of all the things that we have lost here
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DmDm C majorC
I'll be twenty-one today
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
I been saving all my pay
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
And my plane will touch down
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7 C majorC
On the day after tomorrow
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
And my plane, it will touch down
Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7 C majorC
On the day after tomorrow