Dover chords by John Flynn

Chords with lyrics

verse 1
A minorAm          E minorEm
elijah was a seargant forty two years old
G+G         D MajorD
from mesa arizona elijah wont grow old
A minorAm            E minorEm
patrick was with c troop second armored cav
G+G              D MajorD
his buddies all remember how patrick loved to laugh
A minorAm              E minorEm
seth was from east brunswick just a newlywed
G+G                  D MajorD
somewhere in new jersey seth's young widow bows her head
A minorAm           E minorEm
daniel was from boston shipped out from fort bragg
G+G             D MajorD
his mother got back daniel with a folded flag

A minorAm       E minorEm         G+G          D MajorD
oh big airplane bring em down easy out of the delaware sky
A minorAm       E minorEm         G+G           D MajorD    A minorAm
oh big airplane dover is waiting to welcome the heros you fly.....home

Verse
A minorAm           E minorEm
william served in anbar combat engineer
G+G           D MajorD
first marine division william is not here
A minorAm            E minorEm
alan rebuilt bridges for batalion b
G+G                   D MajorD
next to cause of death they wrote the letters i.e.d.
A minorAm            E minorEm
gussie was a scrub nurse hailing from fort bliss
G+G            D MajorD
gussie had a spirit this worlds gonna miss
A minorAm          E minorEm
jeramiah's son cries on his momma's knee
G+G               D MajorD
there was no armor plating on his dad's hmmv

A minorAm       E minorEm         G+G          D MajorD
oh big airplane bring em down easy out of the delaware sky
A minorAm       E minorEm         G+G           D MajorD
oh big airplane dover is waiting to welcome the fallen you fly

Bridge
E minorEm              D MajorD
scrubbed wooden pallets with white straps cinched over
E minorEm             D MajorD
long boxes of flag drapped aluminum
E minorEm             D MajorD
the c-5 is crowded when it lands in dover
E minorEm              D MajorD
the honor guard comes to make room again
E minorEm           D MajorD
and again and again and again

Verse
A minorAm             E minorEm
make it straight for nineva just like jonas wale
G+G              D MajorD
holy truth you swallow over seas you sail
A minorAm          E minorEm
sacred is your cargo precious was their gift
G+G              D MajorD
offered in a sand storm from which your wings lift
A minorAm              E minorEm
those who should take notice can't watch you set down
G+G             D MajorD
behind barbed wire fences miles from their town
A minorAm             E minorEm
no one breathes to question this silent parade
G+G                  D MajorD
except for the anguished loved ones left to say

A minorAm       E minorEm         G+G          D MajorD
oh big airplane bring em down easy out of the delaware sky
A minorAm       E minorEm         G+G           D MajorD    A minorAm
oh big airplane dover is waiting to welcome the heros you fly.....home