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Capo 2

Verse 1
Chord diagramD MajorD                            Chord diagramA augmentedA                Chord diagramD MajorD
Jimmy joined the army 'cause he had no place to go
    Chord diagramD MajorD                                                     Chord diagramE minorEm
Ain't nobody hiring round here since all the jobs went to Mexico
Chord diagramG+G                                                       Chord diagramA augmentedA
Reckoned that he'd learn himself a trade maybe see the world
Chord diagramG+G                                    Chord diagramA augmentedA
Move to the city some day and marry a black haired girl
Chord diagramG+G                       Chord diagramD MajorD
Somebody somewhere had another plan
Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramD MajorD
Now he's got a rifle in his hand
Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramA augmentedA                         Chord diagramB minorBm    Chord diagramG+G
Rollin' into Bagdhad wondering how he got this far
Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramA augmentedA                           Chord diagramD MajorD
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man's war

 Verse 2
  Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramA augmentedA                     Chord diagramD MajorD
Bobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm
    Chord diagramD MajorD                                               Chord diagramE minorEm
Red white and blue to the bone when he landed in Kandahar
 Chord diagramG+G                                    Chord diagramA augmentedA
Left behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl
Chord diagramG+G                                          Chord diagramA augmentedA
Chord diagramA augmentedA stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world
Chord diagramG+G                             Chord diagramD MajorD
Been a year now and he's still there
Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramD MajorD
Chasing ghosts in the thin dry air
Chord diagramD MajorD                          Chord diagramA augmentedA                       Chord diagramB minorBm     Chord diagramG+G
Meanwhile back at home the finance company took his car
Chord diagramD MajorD                     Chord diagramA augmentedA                          Chord diagramD MajorD
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man's war


Chorus
Chord diagramB minorBm            Chord diagramG+G
When will we ever learn
Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramA augmentedA
When will we ever see
Chord diagramB minorBm        Chord diagramG+G
Stand up and take our turn
Chord diagramD MajorD                             Chord diagramA augmentedA
Keep telling ourselves we're free

Verse 3
Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramA augmentedA                Chord diagramD MajorD
Ali was the second son of a second son
Chord diagramD MajorD                                                  Chord diagramE minorEm
Grew up in Gaza throwing bottles and rocks when the tanks would come
Chord diagramG+G                                                         Chord diagramA augmentedA
Ain't nothing else to do around here just a game children play
Chord diagramG+G                                                     Chord diagramA augmentedA
Something about living in fear all your life makes you hard that way
Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramD MajorD
He answered when he got the call
Chord diagramG+G                               Chord diagramD MajorD
Wrapped himself in death and he praised Allah
Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramA augmentedA                     Chord diagramB minorBm    Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA fat man in a new Mercedes drove him to the door
Chord diagramD MajorD                     Chord diagramA augmentedA                         Chord diagramD MajorD

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