Just does a little hammer-on pick down to C and then back up to G7. Intro: G7, C (x4) G7 C Got a song about a soldier, G7 C Ridin' somewhere on a train G7 C Empty sleeve pinned to his shoulder G7 C And some pills to ease the pain F C Started drinkin' in El Paso, F C He was drunk in San Antone, F C Tellin' strangers who were sleepin' G7 D7 How he hated goin' home Chorus 1: C G7 Just a simple song of freedom, C G7 He was never fightin' for, C G7 No one's listenin' when you need 'em, F C Am Ain't no fun to sing that song no more. G7 C Got a song about a sister, G7 C Waitin' somewhere by the phone, G7 C For some man who never missed her, G7 C Ever since he come and gone F C And it's harder for a woman, F C With a baby on the way, F C That's the price of bein' human, G7 D7 When you're poor enough to pay, C G7 So she listens to the freedom, C G7 In the silence at her door C G7 No one's missin' till you need 'em F C Am Ain't no fun to sing that song no more G7 C Got a song about a Savior, G7 C Lookin' lonesome and afraid, G7 C At a city full of strangers, G7 C And a cross He never made F C And He's sadder than He's wiser, F C And a longer way from home, F C And He wonders why His Father, G7 D7 Left Him bleeding and alone. C G7 Just a broken song of freedom, C G7 And the closing of a door, C G7 No one's missin' till you need 'em F C Am Ain't no fun to sing that song no more.
