F: play with thumb, hammer on and pull of 3rd string (F to Fsus2)
[Intro]
F C
e|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-----------(1)-----1--------1-----1p0|-----1----------------1-----------|
G|--------0h2---2-0---0-----0---0------|----2---2--(0)------0---0---------|
D|-----3----------3------(2)-----------|---3-----3-(3)---(2)------2-------|
A|---3------------3-----3---------3----|-----------(3)-3------------------|
E|-1-------------(1)-------------------|-1--------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
F C
Cigarettes and a bottle of beer, this poem that I wrote for you
F C
This black stone and these hard tears are all I got left now of you
Am Am7/G C
I remember you in your Marine uniform laughing, laughing at your ship out party
Am7 Am7/G C
I read Robert McNamara says he's sorry
[Verse 2]
F C
Your high boots and striped t-shirt, ah, Billy you looked so bad
F Fsus2 C
Yeah you and your rock and roll band, you were the best thing this shit town ever had
Am7 Am7/G C
Now the men that put you here eat with their families in rich dining halls
Am7 Am7/G C F C
And apology and forgiveness got no place here at all, here at the wall
[Verse 3]
F Fmaj7 C
Well I'm sorry I missed you last year, I couldn't find no one to drive me
F Fmaj7 C
If your eyes could cut through that black stone, tell me would they recognize me
Am Am7/G C
For the living time it must be served as the day goes on
Am7 Am7/G C
Cigarettes and a bottle of beer, skin on black stone
[Verse 4]
F C
On the ground dog tags and wreaths of flowers, with the ribbons red as the blood
F C
Red as the blood you spilled in the Central Highlands mud
Am7 Am7/G C
Limousines rush down Pennsylvania Avenue, rustling the leaves as they fall
Am7 Am/G C Fsus2 C
And apology and forgiveness got no place here at all, here at the wall
F C F C Am Am7/G C Am Am7/G C (until fade out)
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| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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