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E----------------0--------0---------------------0-------0--------|
B------------1---1--------1------------------1--1-------1--------|
G------------2---2--------2------------------2--2-------2--------|
D---------2--2---2---0h2--2---------------2--2--2---0h2-2--------|
A---------0-------------------------------0----------------------|
E--0--3----------------------------0--3--------------------------|


E---------------------------0--0-----------0------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------1----1---1---1--1-----------1------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------2---2----2---2---2--2--------2--2------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------2---x----x---x---2--2p0--2---x--2------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------0---2----3---2---0-------0---3---------------------------------------------------------------|
E----0--3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
            Chord diagramA minorAm                          Chord diagramC majorC
I saw you shining like a lighter in a foxhole

       Chord diagramG+G                           Chord diagramA minorAm
and without delay I put you in my sights

                                                Chord diagramC majorC
for many years I watched you dancing in my crosshairs

        Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramE MajorE               Chord diagramA minorAm
but I couldn't pull the trigger for my life

      Chord diagramFF (Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7)               Chord diagramC majorC
but then one day I got the stones to take your hand, dear

       Chord diagramG+G                           Chord diagramA minorAm
and I won you with a flower and a smile

      Chord diagramFF (Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7)                     Chord diagramC majorC
though all I had to offer was a fireplace

       Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramE MajorE                 Chord diagramA minorAm
and a face you learned to love after awhile

Riff (2x)


        Chord diagramA minorAm                          Chord diagramC majorC
one day I was called to serve my country

       Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramA minorAm
and I went because I'd never been away

                                    Chord diagramC majorC
I returned home with a bandage on my forehead

        Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramA minorAm
and a memory that gets weaker every day

         Chord diagramFF (Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7)                     Chord diagramC majorC
and now you never touch me like you used to

           Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramC majorC
and my injuries don't even start to heal

            Chord diagramFF (Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7)                      Chord diagramC majorC
I was sure right then and there that I would lose you

        Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramE MajorE              Chord diagramA minorAm
oh how wretched your beauty makes me feel

Riff (variation)
         Chord diagramA minorAm                          Chord diagramC majorC
I used to think our love was but a trifle

            Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramA minorAm
I was surprised it lasted through the month of May

                                 Chord diagramC majorC
but now I am too old to lift my rifle

       Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramE MajorE            Chord diagramA minorAm
and you're still here to watch me waste away

              Chord diagramFF (Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7)                          Chord diagramC majorC
my love I've lost so many friends since we got married

        Chord diagramG+G                             Chord diagramA minorAm
and I know that you could say the same to me

      Chord diagramFF (Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7)                     Chord diagramC majorC
I believe I was the first to ever catch you

         Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramE MajorE            Chord diagramA minorAm
perhaps I should be the first to set you free


Interlude

              Chord diagramA minorAm                          Chord diagramC majorC
I saw you shining like the sunlight through the window

           Chord diagramG+G                         Chord diagramA minorAm
and the truth it started slowly sinking in

                                    Chord diagramC majorC
and I knew when I walked the door this morning

        Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramA minorAm
I would never see your pretty face again

             Chord diagramFF (Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7)                     Chord diagramC majorC
so don't go searching for my body in the cattails

        Chord diagramG+G                             Chord diagramA minorAm
just be happy that I've found a place to rest

         Chord diagramFF (Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7)                        Chord diagramC majorC
by the time you read this letter I'll be gone dear

           Chord diagramG+G                           Chord diagramA minorAm
you know I love you, but this is for the best

           Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramE MajorE            Chord diagramA minorAm

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