Tour of Duty
By Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
from the album "Here We Rest"
G
I'm arriving on the day's last train
G7
Stepping on the platform, trying to see you through the rain
C
I don't know the ways you've changed since I left
G
and I really don't care
D C G
I've done my tour of duty now I'm home and I ain't going anywhere
G
I taught myself to tolerate the pain
G7
all the loneliness and boredom and the work I did in vain
C G
All the work we did in vain. Now I'm not the same as I was
D C G
I've done my tour of duty now I'll try to do what a civilian does
B/G C G
I promise not to bore you with my stories
B/G C D
I promise not to scare you with my tears
B/G C G
I never would exaggerate the glory
D
I'll seem so satisfied here
Am7 D G Am7 x 4
G
I've been eating like I'm out on bail
G7
Collard greens and chicken wings and oysters by the pail
C G
Eating oysters by the pail, making up for those lost days
D C G
Cause I've done my tour of duty now I'm going to put you in the family way
Mandolin solo over verse chords
B/G C G
We'll laugh like little children telling secrets
B/G C D
Probably cry like old women drinking gin
G C
because I've done my tour of duty now I'm home
G
and I ain't leaving here again
D C G
I've done my tour of duty now I'm home and I ain't leaving here again
Am7 D G Am7 x 4
