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Yellow Ribbon chords by Utah Phillips

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Verse

Chord diagramC majorC
I've traveled through this country
         Chord diagramG+G
And I'll tell you what I've seen

Chord diagramA augmentedA million yellow ribbons
      Chord diagramC majorC
And I wonder what they mean
     Chord diagramFF
It's love and hope and sympathy
    Chord diagramC majorC
For those who've gone to fight
    Chord diagramD MajorD
But still I know that none of them
    Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramG7G7
Can make the killing right

Verse
        Chord diagramC majorC
When we see two children fighting
         Chord diagramG+G
Don't we try to come between

Get 'em both to talk
           Chord diagramC majorC
Instead of acting rough and mean
   Chord diagramFF
We give 'em love and limits
        Chord diagramC majorC
Say now try to get along
        Chord diagramD MajorD
Then we tell 'em it's alright to kill
   Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramG7G7
To prove that killing's wrong

Verse
Chord diagramC majorC
Sometimes your yellow ribbon
         Chord diagramG+G
Tries to make me feel ashamed

Tells me I'm a traitor
     Chord diagramC majorC
That somehow it's me to blame
    Chord diagramFF
But I can't hide behind it
        Chord diagramC majorC
Just to prove that I belong
    Chord diagramD MajorD
And I won't be an accomplice
     Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramG7G7
To a thing I know is wrong

Verse
        Chord diagramC majorC
But I'd wear a yellow ribbon
        Chord diagramG+G
For the peace that's in my heart

I'd wear it for the loved ones
            Chord diagramC majorC
That should never have to part
    Chord diagramFF
I'd wear it for the wasted lives
   Chord diagramC majorC
No matter friend or foe
        Chord diagramD MajorD
And I'd wear it for the children
        Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramG7G7
If they never had to go

Verse
          Chord diagramC majorC
Yes, I've seen your yellow ribbons
        Chord diagramG+G
Hanging up all over town

But I don't think they'll ever buy
    Chord diagramC majorC
The peace we've never found

Outro
    Chord diagramFF
Oh, the guns will all be silent
        Chord diagramC majorC
And the battle flags all furled
        Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramG7G7
When we tie a yellow ribbon
           Chord diagramC majorC
'Round the world
         Chord diagramFF
Yes, the guns will all be silent
        Chord diagramC majorC
And the battle flags all furled
        Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramG7G7
When we tie a yellow ribbon
           Chord diagramC majorC
'Round the world

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