Intro -x2-: Gbm Dsus4
Verse:
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I was there in the winter of '64, camped in the ice at Nashville's door.
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Three-hundred miles our trail had led, we barely had time to bury our dead.
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When the yankees charged and the colors fell, Overton Hill was a living hell.
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When we called retreat it was almost dark,
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I died with a grape-shot in my heart.
Chorus:
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Say a prayer for peace, for every fallen son.
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Set my spirit free, let me lay down my gun.
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Sweet Mother Mary, I'm so tired,
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but I can't come home til the last shot's fired.
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In June of 1944, I waded in the blood of Omaha's shore.
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Twenty-one and scared to death, my heart poundin' in my chest.
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I almost made the first sea wall, when my friends turned and saw me fall.
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I still smell the smoke, I can taste the mud,
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as I lay there dying from a loss of blood.
Chorus:
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Say a prayer for peace, for every fallen son.
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Set my spirit free, let me lay down my gun.
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Sweet Mother Mary, I'm so tired,
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but I can't come home til the last shot's fired.
Bridge:
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I'm in the fields of Vietnam, the mountains of Afghanistan,
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And I'm still hopin', waitin', prayin' I did not die in vain.
Chorus:
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Say a prayer for peace, for every fallen son.
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Set our spirits free, let us lay down our guns.
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Sweet Mother Mary, We're so tired,
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but We can't come home til the last shot's fired.
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Til the Last Shot's Fired.
Chorus:
Say a prayer for peace, for every fallen son.
Set my spirit free, let me lay down my gun.
Sweet Mother Mary, I'm so tired,
but I can't come home til the last shot's fired.