Chorus Verse ---------- -------------------- D x5777x C#m x4665x G 35543x C x3555x F 13321x D x5777x Am 57755x G x-10-12-12-12-x [Chorus 1] D G F Am All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F Am All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F Am All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F Am All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln [Verse 1] C#m C C#m C C#m C At the refreshment stand C#m C A boy throws out his hands C#m C As if to feed the starlings C#m C But really he throws nothing D G It's just to watch them jump D G See the people coming C#m C They're moving over the grass C#m C To squeeze into plastic chairs [Chorus 2] D G F Am All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F Am All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F Am All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F Am All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln [Verse 2] C#m C C#m C C#m C Three notes, a bugle call C#m C A black man in overalls C#m C Arrives to empty the trash C#m C Hauls it to a metal hatch D G A doorway opens up D G To the underworld C#m C The boy throws empty hands C#m C And the starlings jump [Chorus 3] D G F Am All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F Am All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F Am All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F Am All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln