Tuning: Standard
| b - bend note
| () - natural harmonic
| / - slide up
| \ - slide down
| X - mute note
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Weathered statues... Tin soldiers that march in our parks
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A|--0-----0-----0-------------------0-----0-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------|
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Wrapped in yellow newsprint, on their benches in the dark
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Their faces filled with sadness, sorrow drawn from your nights
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Surviving on old glories but now the.... the glories have died
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D|------2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------|
A|--0-----0-----0-------------------0-----0-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Let ring...
e|--2-2--------------------------------------------|
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G|--2-2-0-3----------------------------------------|
D|--------X----------------------------------------|
A|--------1----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------(7)----------(7)--------------------|
B|------------------(5)---------(7)----------(7)----------------|
G|--------------(5)-----------------(7)----------(7)------------|
D|----------(5)-------------------------------------------------|
A|--(5)-(5)-----------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------(5)------------------|
G|------------------(5)-----------------------|
D|----------(5)-(5)---------------------------|
A|--(5)-(5)-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Lonely men who are tortured... once proud, but now forlorn
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B|--------3---3-----------3---3------------2---2-----------2---2--------------|
G|------4-------4-------4-------4--------3-------3-------3-------3------------|
D|----5-----------5---5-----------5----4-----------4---4-----------4----------|
A|--5---------------5----------------4---------------4------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gnarled hands hold canes where, their guns once were before
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B|--------3---3-----------3---3------------2---2-----------2---2--------------|
G|------4-------4-------4-------4--------3-------3-------3-------3------------|
D|----5-----------5---5-----------5----4-----------4---4-----------4----------|
A|--5---------------5----------------4---------------4------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Taunted by the children, who's parents lives he saved
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B|--------3---3-----------3---3------------2---2-----------2---2--------------|
G|------4-------4-------4-------4--------3-------3-------3-------3------------|
D|----5-----------5---5-----------5----4-----------4---4-----------4----------|
A|--5---------------5----------------4---------------4------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Forgotten by a state, whose leg in war he gave
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G|------4-------4-------4-------4--------3-------3-------3-------3------------|
D|----5-----------5---5-----------5----4-----------4---4-----------4----------|
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E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Silver gleams upon his chest, though sweat gleams on his brow
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G|--2-----------2-------3-----3------1-----------1-------1-----1-------------|
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Darker days and sable knights, who work upon his soul
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G|--2-----------2-------3-----3------1-----------1-------1-----1-------------|
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His honor flew away from him, like pigeons on the wind
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G|--2-----------2-------3-----3------1-----------1-------1-----1-------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Spending his last pennies, on cheap wines and sin
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G|--2-----------2-------3-----3------1-----------1-------1-----1-------------|
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B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7/----------3-5-5b-3-----------2-4-4b2-4-5---------3-5-5b3--------------|
E|------3---3-5----------5-2---2-4--------------3---3-5----------5-2--------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------5-7-7b5-----------4-6-6b4-6-7---------5-7-7b5----------|
D|--4-444--2-4-4--4/5---5-7----------7-4---4-6--------------5---5-7----------7-4---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|--7-777-5/7-7--7/8---8-8-10--8--8-8\7--5--7--5--7/8--8-8-10--8--10-10/12--|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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But still they make the soldiers... and soldiers still grow old
(Pick slide...)
Pump their minds with dignity, then let the young men go
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A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Another day, another statue... falls out in the dawn
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Weathered statues... Still march on and on
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B|----0-----1---------1-----0---0-----0-----1--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------|
A|--0-----0-----0-------------------0-----0-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--2-2--------------------------------------------|
B|--3-3--------------------------------------------|
G|--2-2-0-3----------------------------------------|
D|--------X----------------------------------------|
A|--------1----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
