From Here To Eternity - Thirty Year Man Reprise Chords

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: Dm A# C A Verse 1: Dm Hey Coon Rapids, Minnesota Dm/C# I’ve done nearly half my quota Dm/C Of my service to the flag G A# (And FDR!) Yes Sir! Dm I’ve fixed sewage tanks and cookers Dm/C# Screwed more boiler plates than hookers Dm/C Fought a war and revolution G A# In the bar (Mine's a beer)(?)

Verse 2: Dm Hey there Flagstaff, Arizona Dm/C# I was pond life, misfit, loner Dm/C Till I signed up for this mighty G A# Combat crew (That's us) Dm 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 I’m pushing you Pre-chorus: A# Dm I wanted out (I wanted out) Dm/C# Wanted nothing anymore Dm/C G And the boon is where I knew I’d never win A# Dm I wanted out (I wanted out) Dm/C# Dm/C And the only light I saw was the army G A7 And I knew I wanted in Chrous: Dm Thirty Year Man A# Thirty Year Man C Thirty Year Man Gm Thirty Year Man Verse 3: Dm Hey there Mobile, Alabama Dm/C# I done seen the panorama Dm/C G A# Of the army and it ain’t no piece of ass Dm I got drill fatigue Ravani(?) Dm/C# Ain’t no pussy of Miami Dm/C G A# I need all my life to be (?)a three day pass Verse 4: Dm Hey now Ethel, Mississippi Dm/C# Well, the man said take my tip Dm/C G A# He said the army made you manly so I signed (big mistake!) Dm Where there’s platitude there’s liar (?) Dm/C# Where there’s smoke there’s always fire Dm/C G And I’m choking ‘cos they don’t respect my kind Pre-chorus: A# Dm One thing I want (Nne thing I want) Dm/C# And she’ll see me all alright Dm/C G Is a shack-up waiting on the edge of town A# Dm I want her now (I want her now) Dm/C# But I’ll settle for tonight Dm/C G A7 Golden body and this softness going down Chrous: Dm Thirty Year Man A# Thirty Year Man C Thirty Year Man Gm Thirty Year Man Verse 4: Dm Hey there Oklahoma City Dm/C# Yeah the sticks was pretty shitty Dm/C G A# So it didn’t take much for me to sign, ha! Dm But if this is all they muster Dm/C# They can give it back to Custer (Ooooh!) Dm/C G A# If I listened to my mother I’d be fine (Maamaaa!) Verse 5: Dm Hey there Kansas City, Kansas Dm/C# Don’t you bastards know a man’s as Dm/C G A# Good as company he keeps and nothing more (Yeah yeah, that's right!) Dm But I’m keeping it with losers Dm/C# Fakers, takers, cheaters, cruisers Dm/C G A And it’s getting far to dark to find the door Chorus: D Thirty Year Man D/C Thirty Year Man Bm Thirty Year Man A# Thirty Year Man Bridge: D#m D#m/D So the army’s family D#m/C# G# It feeds me, keeps me well B C# D#m And the life outside was sure a living hell. D#m/D So give me my orders, Sergeant D#m/C# G# Just don’t give me a plan B D#m C# You’ve got your volunteer, Got my name and num-ber N.C. D#m I’m your man Outro: D#m/D D#m/C# Thirty Year Man D#m/D D#m Thirty Year Man D#m/C# B Thirty Year Man A# Thirty Year Man D#m D#m/C A#m C# B There’s no one out there that I miss D#m D#m/C A#m C# B No one cares that I exist D#m D#m/C# B C# G# A#7 Best thing I did was enlist A#7 D#m For thirty years