From Here To Eternity - Thirty Year Man Reprise chords by Soundtracks

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