Peter From Picayune chords by Muscadine Bloodline

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Verse:
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Peter was from Picayune
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South Mississippi, due north of New Orleans
       G                                         G/B
Was a son of a welder, good at putting things together
       C                    G
Gonna get a tech school degree

        D
Wasn't money in his wallet

So he couldn't go to college
       C
So he signed up for the Marines
                 G
Ship 'em overseas

Verse:
          G
Well, he landed in Kuwait
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Was a little too late to up and go and change his mind
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Wrote a promise in a letter to a girl back home
        C                     G
Saying everything'll be just fine

           D       Dsus4     D
Well, the call was made, to march the way
    C
To take it to 'em on the front line
         G
Time to shine


Chorus:
          D
That boy bleeds the stars and stripes
            C
That boy's willing to give his life
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That boy fights for you agree or disagree

          C
That boy wouldn't want a welcome home parade
 G
Wouldn't wanna talk about it anyway
                                        D
He's seen some shit no one should ever see

            Em        D        C             G
Yeah, he's twice the man that most will ever be


Verse:
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Well, it's never good timing when the bullets start flying
      C                   G
In a hell of a firefight now
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Kept giving 'em hell and we kept pushing forward
         C                      G
But the medic said another man down

        D
Took a round to the chest, fighting for breath
     C
Hey brother, lemme get you out, 'cause


Chorus:
 G        D
That boy bleeds the stars and stripes
            C
That boy's willing to give his life
          G                            D
That boy fights for you agree or disagree

          C
That boy wouldn't want a welcome home parade
 G
Wouldn't wanna talk about it anyway
                                        D
He's seen some shit no one should ever see

            Em        D        C             G   G   G   G
Yeah, he's twice the man that most will ever be


Verse:
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Well, it starts sinking in that this could be the end
       C                 G
So he sends a Hail Mary prayer
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Make sure you watch over mama
        G/B
And you make sure Daddy knows
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That I didn't go out scared
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Don't need a folded-up flag or 21 guns
        C                     Em7
Just a simple headstone that reads  .

           G                   G/B
Here lies Peter from Picayune South Mississippi
     C               G
Due north of New Orleans