Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) The Ballad of the Green Berets - Barry Sadler Verse: C G C G e|---------------|----------------|-------|-------|----------------| B|---------------|----------------|-------|-------|----------------| G|---------------|----------------|-------|-------|--0--0--0L------| D|-2--2--2L------|--2-----0--0----|-------|-------|----------------| A|---------------|-----3----------|--3L---|--3----|----------------| E|---------------|----------------|-------|-------|----------------| 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 F C e|----------------|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|-------| B|----------------|-------|--------1--1----|--1L---|--1-------------|-------| G|--0--0--2--0----|--0L---|--0-------------|-------|--------2--0----|--0L---| D|----------------|-------|----------------|-------|-----3----------|-------| A|----------------|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|-------| E|----------------|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|-------| 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 C e|----------------|-------|--------------------------|-------|----------------| B|----------------|-------|--------------------------|-------|----------------| G|--0-------------|-------|--------------------------|-------|----------------| D|--------2--2----|--0L---|--0-----------------------|-------|--------2--2----| A|----------------|-------|--------------0-----2-----|--3L---|--3-------------| E|----------------|-------|--------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 G C G e|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|-------| B|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|-------| G|-------|----------------|-------|-----------0----|--0L---| D|--2L---|--2-----0--0----|-------|--------2-------|-------| A|-------|-----3----------|--3L---|--3-------------|-------| E|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|-------| 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 C F e|-------------------------|-------|----------------|-------|----------------| B|-------------------------|-------|-----1--1--1----|--1L---|--1-------------| G|--0-----0-----2--0--0----|--0L---|--0-------------|-------|--------2--0----| D|-------------------------|-------|----------------|-------|-----3----------| A|-------------------------|-------|----------------|-------|----------------| E|-------------------------|-------|----------------|-------|----------------| 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 G C e|-------|----------------|-------|--------------------------|-------|-------| B|-------|----------------|-------|--------------------------|-------|-------| G|--0L---|--0-------------|-------|--------------------------|-------|-------| D|-------|-----2--2--2----|--0L---|--0-----------------------|-------|-------| A|-------|----------------|-------|------------0-----2-------|--3L---|--3----| E|-------|----------------|-------|------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. *********************************** | L Link to next bar ***********************************
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