Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
Verse:
D MajorD G+G
I was standing in my kitchen, listening to the morning news
AsusAsus A augmentedA D MajorD
Some angry man was talking. God he didn't have a clue.
D MajorD G+G
He was puttin' down our soldiers, fightin' all those wasted wars.
AsusAsus A augmentedA D MajorD
I just had to turn it off, I couldn't take it anymore.
G+G A augmentedA
I wanted to tell him, there's more than what he sees.
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G AsusAsus A augmentedA AsusAsus A augmentedA
And before you tell me that I'm wrong, come spend a day with me.
Chorus:
G+G A augmentedA
Meet me at Arlington. I'll introduce you to my son.
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
Maybe then you'll know just how I feel.
G+G
White stones that go on and on, four hundred thousand strong.
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
Wounds and broken hearts, that never heal.
B minorBm F# minorF#m
Reliving all the memories. Praying he'll come back to me.
G+G A augmentedA
Knowing in my heart he never will.
G+G
And tell me that you feel the same way still.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
Meet me at Arlington. Meet me at Arlington.
Verse:
D MajorD G+G
You can almost hear the stories, of the lives they left behind.
AsusAsus A augmentedA D MajorD
Names and numbers etched in stone, here before their time.
D MajorD G+G
When you see the caisson rolling and you hear the music play.
A augmentedA D MajorD
When you see a child kneeling by their fallen father's grave.
G+G
Man if that don't change you, then I don't understand.
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G AsusAsus A augmentedA AsusAsus A augmentedA
'Cause if you can't see from where you are, then look from where I am.
Chorus:
G+G
Well there's a stone for every soldier, and the reason that you're free.
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G AsusAsus A augmentedA AsusAsus a
To say the things you wanna say and believe what you believe.
G+G A augmentedA
Meet me at Arlington. I'll introduce you to my son.
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
Maybe then you'll know just how I feel.
G+G
White stones that go on and on, four hundred thousand strong.
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
Wounds and broken hearts, that never heal.
B minorBm F# minorF#m
Reliving all the memories. Praying he'll come back to me.
G+G A augmentedA
Knowing in my heart he never will.
G+G
And tell me that you feel the same way still.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
Meet me at Arlington. Meet me at Arlington.