Left Behind chords by Dos Gringos

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C

🎸 Intro:

C       G
C




🎸 Verse 1:
C
Welcome to the new guy
C
Squadron is your home
C

Stand up, introduce yourself
       G
You'll never be alone
G
We are your new family
    G
And we want you to know
      C
If we ever get the call to war
  C7
I know that you will go


🎸 Pre-Chorus:
       F
But on further thought
I'm sorry
       F
We can only take a few
         C
And we decided to bring every swingin' dick except for you
         F
And we'd love to bring you with us
        F
But the situation's clear
            C
That you're too god-damn important
       C
To our operations here


🎸 Chorus:
G
Life can disappoint you
  G
I hope that you don't mind
G                          C
  Bein' the guy we leave behind


🎸 Verse 2:
    C
Not thirty minutes after
C
All the jets were gone
C
I had been requested
      G
To go mow the boss's lawn
G
How was I to know
           G
This was a fighter pilot's life?
C
Rearranging furniture
C7
For the DO's wife


🎸 Pre-Chorus:
  F
I want to be supportive
          F
But there has to be a line
       C
And no fuckin' fighter pilot
       C
Does interior design
F
After several months
             F
It starts to feel a little strange
  F   C
I'm beginning to feel pressure
        C
That my duties here will change


🎸 Chorus:
G
Life can throw you curveballs
G
Maybe it's a sign
G                           C
  Bein' the guy they left behind


🎸 Bridge:
      F
(Left behind)  You made me your substitute
        C
(Left behind) Doin' your duties 'til the time you are enroute
    G
And when I'm talkin' duties I mean every kind
G7                        C
  I am the guy you left behind


🎸 Instrumental:
C       G C


🎸 Verse 3:
C
Squadron will come home
       C
At the beginning of the year
  C
I hope they like surprises
         G
When the babies all appear
  G
I did just what you asked me
       G
When I took care of your wives
        C
Now I'm permanently weaved
         C7
Into the fabric of your lives


🎸 Pre-Chorus:
    F
And someday you'll be thinking
          F
A-did you make the proper choice?
          C
When your kid is droppin' f-bombs
       C
With a lovely singin' voice.
 F
(Years from now you'll wonder
          F
When your kid is such a star
         C
Why he's prematurely balding
        C
And can play a mean guitar)


🎸 Chorus:
G
You tried to forget it
         G
But it's etched into your mind
G                              C
  Thanks to the guy you left behind


🎸 Outro:
G                         C     F  C G C
  I am the guy you left behind