Let My Tears Be Still chords by Josh Abbott Band

Chords with lyrics

Let My Tears Be Still
Written by Josh Abbott
Recorded by Josh Abbott Band

(Capo on 3)

Intro.: | (G+G) (D MajorD) | (A augmentedA) | x 2

(Verse 1)
(G+G) My (D MajorD)name is Lieutenant, (A augmentedA) Colonel William Todd
(G+G) I (D MajorD)flew the Hundred And (A augmentedA)First Airborne in '42
(G+G) You may (D MajorD)think that you've met (A augmentedA)veterans like me before
(G+G) Ah, but (D MajorD)you don't have a (A augmentedA)clue

(Verse 2)
(G+G) I (D MajorD)flew Korea (A augmentedA)in the war you probably forgot
(G+G) I gave (D MajorD)40 years of (A augmentedA)damn near all I got
(G+G) I (D MajorD)watched some of my closest (A augmentedA)friends die on foreign land
(G+G) I still (D MajorD)hear their screams at (A augmentedA)night

(Chorus)
(G+G) So, (A augmentedA)don't you wipe a-(D MajorD)way my tears
(G+G) I've (A augmentedA)earned them through (D MajorD)all the years
(G+G) Just (A augmentedA)let 'em roll down like a (D MajorD)stream upon a (G+G)hill
Let my (A augmentedA)tears be (G+G)still (D MajorD) | (A augmentedA) |

(Verse 3)
(G+G) I (D MajorD)met Jean Ann in a (A augmentedA) photograph in '44
(G+G) Yeah, I (D MajorD)swore she'd be the (A augmentedA)girl to take my last name
(G+G) Fifty (D MajorD)two years passed (A augmentedA) 'til the Lord took her away
(G+G) But, I still (D MajorD)see Jean every-(A augmentedA)day

(Chorus)
(G+G) So, (A augmentedA)don't you wipe a-(D MajorD)way my tears
(G+G) I've (A augmentedA)earned them through (D MajorD)all the years
(G+G) Just (A augmentedA)let 'em roll down like a (D MajorD)stream upon a (G+G)hill
Let my (A augmentedA)tears be (D MajorD)still | (G+G) (A augmentedA) | (D MajorD) |

(Verse 4)
(G+G) At the (D MajorD)end of my rope as I (A augmentedA) lay here in this bed
(G+G) Thoughts and (D MajorD)prayers of my fami-(A augmentedA)ly circle through my head
(G+G) I (D MajorD)pray when the Lord (A augmentedA)opens up the pearly gates wide
(G+G) I'll see (D MajorD)my Jean (A augmentedA)standin' there in the light

(Chorus)
(G+G) So, (A augmentedA)don't you wipe a-(D MajorD)way my tears
(G+G) Hey, I've (A augmentedA)earned them through (D MajorD)all the years
(G+G) And just (A augmentedA)let 'em roll down like a (D MajorD)stream upon a (G+G)hill
Let my (A augmentedA)tears be (B minorBm)still

Outro.: | (G+G) Let my (A augmentedA)tears be --- | (G+G) (D MajorD) | (A augmentedA) | (G+G) (A augmentedA) | (D MajorD) -----