Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse:
A minorAm C majorC G+G
I might feel the pain, if I wasn't so damn tired
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
But I spent the whole night long drawing enemy fire
A minorAm C majorC G+G
I know you're home tonight babe, wish I was there with you, but my
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
Tour in hell, it ain't nearly through
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
Over here, the sky rains rust
Verse:
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Called in a gun truck to clean out a rats nest, those boys
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
Leveled it to the ground, there wasn't nothin' left
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Walked in to clean up their mess, it was a sickening pile, Stacking
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
Bodies of combatants, women and a child
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Keep our boy next to you mama, keep him safe
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
'Cuz I swear I saw his ghost in that dead child's face
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
The children here, their sky rain rust
Bridge:
DmDm A minorAm
Ive grown numb to the screams and moans, even
C majorC G+G
In this band of brothers, I feel so all alone
DmDm A minorAm
It takes a hard man to fight this war
C majorC G+G A minorAm
If you weren't hard when you landed here, you will be if you get home
Verse:
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Tripped an I-E-D today, and I just walked away
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
Didn't catch a single piece of the burning flack
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Tell Rose that Jimmy wasn't so lucky this time
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
We poured him into a body bag, in a week she'll get him back
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
Today Jimmy's sky rained rust
Verse:
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Lost my photo of you in an enemy raid
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
Fading memories of us almost keep me sane
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Dance through oil field fires, choke on the dust
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
Over here the skies are always raining rust
Verse:
A minorAm C majorC G+G
This dirty little war has turned the world to rust
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Yeah, this whole battle field is nothing but rust
A minorAm C majorC G+G
I can feel my soul grinding down to rust
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD A minorAm
Yeah, the skies over here, the skies rain rust