A Hero In Harlan chords by Tom T. Hall

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 8th

A augmentedA Hero In Harlan
Recorded by Tom T. Hall
Album: Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T.
Capo on 2, in 68 time

Intro:
G+G

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A augmentedA grey silver casket rolls off of the air- plane
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The Stars and the Stripes are draped over the lid
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In- side is the body of our little brother
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They say he's a soldier, but he's just a kid

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Well, we're here to take him to Harlan Ken- tucky
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Where he will be buried in our family plot
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We think of that day when he went in the army
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Ex- pecting a much better job than he got

Chorus:
C majorC         G+G      D MajorD             G+G
He'll be a hero in Harlan like all the young soldiers be- fore
C majorC             G+G      E minorEm   G+G      D MajorD     G+G
He's not the first and he won't be the last to lay down his life in a war

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Some- where in the records, he'll just be a number
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An- other young man lyin' under a sheet
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We're takin' him home to rest high on a hillside
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And he'll be a hero in Harlan this week

Chorus:
C majorC         G+G      D MajorD             G+G
He'll be a hero in Harlan like all the young soldiers be- fore
C majorC             G+G      E minorEm   G+G      D MajorD     G+G
He's not the first and he won't be the last to lay down his life in a war

Instrumental:
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Now world is a big place and maybe needs saving
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But what can a country boy do with a gun
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He used to win teddy bears down at the fair- grounds
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When livin' was easy and shootin' was fun

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Well, they fold up the Stars and the Stripes for his mother
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And gently they trade her the flag for her son
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Well, a harder exchange never took place in Harlan
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But it's not the first time, it's ever been done

Chorus:
D MajorD         A augmentedA      E MajorE             A augmentedA
He'll be a hero in Harlan like all the young soldiers be- fore
D MajorD             A augmentedA      F# minorF#m   A augmentedA      E MajorE     A augmentedA
He's not the first and he won't be the last to lay down his life in a war

Outro:
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And he'll be a hero in Harlan