Veterans Day Live chords by Tom Russell

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tom Russell - Veteran's Day

(Live Version from the album The Long Way Around)


CAPO: 2nd Fret


Intro:
G+G

Verse 1:
                     D MajorD
I used to hang out down at the local VFW hall
                       G+G
Lord, I was staring at a photograph up on the wall
                                D MajorD
Of all the boys in the neighbourhood who died back in World War Two
                           G+G
And the hand lettered sign said, 'Remember our Jimmy McGrew'

Verse 2:
                 D MajorD
Well, Jimmy went away back in 1965
                              G+G
There's a lot of men here think that Jimmy McGrew's still alive
                           D MajorD
They carved his name on a stone down in Washington, DC
                               G+G
But his brother says, "That stone don't mean a damn thing to me"


Chorus:
        C majorC           G+G
It's veteran's day and the skies are grey
          B minorBm        E minorEm         A minorAm  D MajorD
Leave your uniforms home, boys, there ain't gonna be a parade
     G+G                            C majorC
But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through,  yeah
       G+G           D MajorD         C majorC   G+G
Hey, leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew


Verse 3:
                           D MajorD
There's a hot rain falling on the back streets of Saigon
                               G+G
And there's a white man running down the alley with his mama-san
                              D MajorD
But lord, his eyes are cloudy and his arms are black and blue
                               G+G
And he's a-hanging by a thread and he looks like our Jimmy McGrew


Chorus:
        C majorC           G+G
It's veteran's day and the skies are grey
          B minorBm        E minorEm         A minorAm  D MajorD
Leave your uniforms home, boys, there ain't gonna be a parade
     G+G                            C majorC
But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through,  yeah
       G+G           D MajorD         C majorC
Hey, leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew
       G+G           D MajorD         G+G
Yeah, leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew