Ballad Of The Green Berets tab by Ssgt Barry Sadler

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.



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