D/F# is not a chord you have to play. You can just play the D chord but in my opinion having the F# bass with it makes it sound better and fits with the rest of the chords. [Verse 1] C G C Em C G Em D/F# G Charlie boy, don't go to war, first born in forty - four C G C Em C G Em D/F# G Kennedy made him believe we could do much more [Bridge] C G C Em C G Em D/F# G Ohhh oh Oh oh oh Oh oh Oh oh oh [Verse 2] C G C Em C G Em D/F# G Lillian, don't hang yo--ur head, love should make you feel good C G C Em C G Em D/F# G In uniform you raised a man, who volun - teered to stand [Bridge] C G C Em C G Em D/F# G Ohhh oh Oh oh oh Oh oh Oh oh oh [Chorus] C G Em D/F# Play the bugle, play the taps and C G Em D/F# Make your mothers proud C G Em D/F# Raise your rifles to the sky boys C G Em D/F# Fire that volley loud [Verse 3] (The Em is on the D of the 'upland') C G C Em C G Em D/F# G News was bad on upland ave, Metu - chen mourn our loss C G C Em C G Em D/F# G Sons re - belled, while fathers yelled, and moth - ers clutched the cross [Bridge] C G C Em C G Em D/F# G Ohhh oh Oh oh oh Oh oh Oh oh oh [Chorus] C G Em D/F# Play the bugle, play the taps and C G Em D/F# Make your mothers proud C G Em D/F# Raise your rifles to the sky boys C G Em D/F# Fire that volley loud
