Ballad Of The Green Berets tab by Ssgt Barry Sadler

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Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

The Ballad of the Green Berets - Barry Sadler

Verse:
  C majorC           G+G     C majorC        G+G
e|---------------|----------------|-------|-------|----------------|
BB|---------------|----------------|-------|-------|----------------|
G+G|---------------|----------------|-------|-------|--0--0--0L------|
D MajorD|-2--2--2L------|--2-----0--0----|-------|-------|----------------|
A augmentedA|---------------|-----3----------|--3L---|--3----|----------------|
E MajorE|---------------|----------------|-------|-------|----------------|
1. Fighting sol- diers from the sky;        Fearless men
2. Trained to live, off nature's land;        trained in com-
3. Back at home, a young wife waits;        her Green Ber-

           C majorC            FF            C majorC
e|----------------|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|-------|
BB|----------------|-------|--------1--1----|--1L---|--1-------------|-------|
G+G|--0--0--2--0----|--0L---|--0-------------|-------|--------2--0----|--0L---|
D MajorD|----------------|-------|----------------|-------|-----3----------|-------|
A augmentedA|----------------|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|-------|
E MajorE|----------------|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|-------|
  who jump and   die      Men who  mean   just what they say
  bat, hand to   hand     Men who  fight,  by night and  day;
  et has met his  fate     He has   died,  for those op-pressed;

           G+G                  C majorC
e|----------------|-------|--------------------------|-------|----------------|
BB|----------------|-------|--------------------------|-------|----------------|
G+G|--0-------------|-------|--------------------------|-------|----------------|
D MajorD|--------2--2----|--0L---|--0-----------------------|-------|--------2--2----|
A augmentedA|----------------|-------|--------------0-----2-----|--3L---|--3-------------|
E MajorE|----------------|-------|--------3--3--------------|-------|----------------|
     The brave men      of the Green Ber-  et.      Silver
     cou-rage take,      from the Green Ber- et.      Silver
     lea-ving her       this last re-    quest.  Put silver

Chorus:
  C majorC      G+G      C majorC            G+G
e|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|-------|
BB|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|-------|
G+G|-------|----------------|-------|-----------0----|--0L---|
D MajorD|--2L---|--2-----0--0----|-------|--------2-------|-------|
A augmentedA|-------|-----3----------|--3L---|--3-------------|-------|
E MajorE|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|-------|
  wings    upon their  chests,    These are men
  wings    upon their  chests,    These are men
  wings    on my son's  chest;     Make him one of

  G+G             C majorC            FF
e|-------------------------|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|
BB|-------------------------|-------|-----1--1--1----|--1L---|--1-------------|
G+G|--0-----0-----2--0--0----|--0L---|--0-------------|-------|--------2--0----|
D MajorD|-------------------------|-------|----------------|-------|-----3----------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|
     America's      best  One hun-dred  men   will test to-
     America's      best  One hun-dred  men   will test to-
     America's      best  He'll be a   man   they'll test one

  C majorC            G+G                 C majorC
e|-------|----------------|-------|--------------------------|-------|-------|
BB|-------|----------------|-------|--------------------------|-------|-------|
G+G|--0L---|--0-------------|-------|--------------------------|-------|-------|
D MajorD|-------|-----2--2--2----|--0L---|--0-----------------------|-------|-------|
A augmentedA|-------|----------------|-------|------------0-----2-------|--3L---|--3----|
E MajorE|-------|----------------|-------|------3--3----------------|-------|-------|
  day.    But only   three    win the Green Beret.
  day.    But only   three    win the Green Beret.
  day;    have him   win     the Green Be-    ret.


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