Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
DmDm A#A# C majorC A augmentedA
Verse 1:
DmDm
Hey Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Dm/C#
I’ve done nearly half my quota
Dm/C
Of my service to the flag
G+G A#A#
(And FDR!) Yes Sir!
DmDm
I’ve fixed sewage tanks and cookers
Dm/C#
Screwed more boiler plates than hookers
Dm/C
Fought a war and revolution
G+G A#A#
In the bar (Mine's a beer)( )
Verse 2:
DmDm
Hey there Flagstaff, Arizona
Dm/C#
I was pond life, misfit, loner
Dm/C
Till I signed up for this mighty
G+G A#A#
Combat crew (That's us)
DmDm
I got buddies I’d lie for
Dm/C#
At a push I’d even die for
Dm/C
But you ain’t pushing me
G+G
I’m pushing you
Pre-chorus:
A#A# DmDm
I wanted out (I wanted out)
Dm/C#
Wanted nothing anymore
Dm/C G+G
And the boon is where I knew I’d never win
A#A# DmDm
I wanted out (I wanted out)
Dm/C# Dm/C
And the only light I saw was the army
G+G A7A7
And I knew I wanted in
Chrous:
DmDm
Thirty Year Man
A#A#
Thirty Year Man
C majorC
Thirty Year Man
G minorGm
Thirty Year Man
Verse 3:
DmDm
Hey there Mobile, Alabama
Dm/C#
I done seen the panorama
Dm/C G+G A#A#
Of the army and it ain’t no piece of ass
DmDm
I got drill fatigue Ravani( )
Dm/C#
Ain’t no pussy of Miami
Dm/C G+G A#A#
I need all my life to be ( )a three day pass
Verse 4:
DmDm
Hey now Ethel, Mississippi
Dm/C#
Well, the man said take my tip
Dm/C G+G A#A#
He said the army made you manly so I signed (big mistake!)
DmDm
Where there’s platitude there’s liar ( )
Dm/C#
Where there’s smoke there’s always fire
Dm/C G+G
And I’m choking ‘cos they don’t respect my kind
Pre-chorus:
A#A# DmDm
One thing I want (Nne thing I want)
Dm/C#
And she’ll see me all alright
Dm/C G+G
Is a shack-up waiting on the edge of town
A#A# DmDm
I want her now (I want her now)
Dm/C#
But I’ll settle for tonight
Dm/C G+G A7A7
Golden body and this softness going down
Chrous:
DmDm
Thirty Year Man
A#A#
Thirty Year Man
C majorC
Thirty Year Man
G minorGm
Thirty Year Man
Verse 4:
DmDm
Hey there Oklahoma City
Dm/C#
Yeah the sticks was pretty shitty
Dm/C G+G A#A#
So it didn’t take much for me to sign, ha!
DmDm
But if this is all they muster
Dm/C#
They can give it back to Custer (Ooooh!)
Dm/C G+G A#A#
If I listened to my mother I’d be fine (Maamaaa!)
Verse 5:
DmDm
Hey there Kansas City, Kansas
Dm/C#
Don’t you bastards know a man’s as
Dm/C G+G A#A#
Good as company he keeps and nothing more (Yeah yeah, that's right!)
DmDm
But I’m keeping it with losers
Dm/C#
Fakers, takers, cheaters, cruisers
Dm/C G+G A augmentedA
And it’s getting far to dark to find the door
Chorus:
D MajorD
Thirty Year Man
D/C
Thirty Year Man
B minorBm
Thirty Year Man
A#A#
Thirty Year Man
Bridge:
D#mD#m D#m/D
So the army’s family
D#m/C# G#G#
It feeds me, keeps me well
BB C#C# D#mD#m
And the life outside was sure a living hell.
D#m/D
So give me my orders, Sergeant
D#m/C# G#G#
Just don’t give me a plan
BB D#mD#m C#C#
You’ve got your volunteer, Got my name and num-ber
N.C. D#mD#m
I’m your man
Outro:
D#m/D D#m/C#
Thirty Year Man
D#m/D D#mD#m
Thirty Year Man
D#m/C# BB
Thirty Year Man
A#A#
Thirty Year Man
D#mD#m D#m/C A#mA#m C#C# BB
There’s no one out there that I miss
D#mD#m D#m/C A#mA#m C#C# BB
No one cares that I exist
D#mD#m D#m/C# BB C#C# G#G# F#7A#7
Best thing I did was enlist
F#7A#7 D#mD#m
For thirty years