Intro:
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xC|---------------------4-----4-----4-----4---------|
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Verse:
Em7DmDmCG
When you're used up. Where do you go? Soldier.
AmGCAmGC
Mother dry you're eyes. There's no need to cry. I'm
FAmGCG
not a boy. It's what I signed up for.
Verse:
Em7DmDmCG
When you're used up. Where do you go? Soldier.
AmGCAmGCF
I can't take the heat. And I can hardly sleep,anymore.
AmGC
What'd we come here for?
Interlude: Am - x6 -
Chorus:
AmAmAm7
Standing out here in the desert, trying to protect
Gbm7AmAmAm7
an oiline. I'd really like to do my job, but this
Gbm7
ain't the country I had in mind.
AmAmAm7
They call this a war on terror, I see a lot of
Gbm7AmAm
civilians dying. Mothers,sons,fathers and daughters,
FG
not to mention some friends of mine. Some friends of mine.
Verse:
AmGCAmG
We're supposed to leave last week. Promises they don't
CFAmGCG
keep anymore. Gotta fight the rich man's war.
Interlude: IntroRiff / Am - x6 -
Verse:
Em7DmDmCG
When you're used up. Where do you go? Soldier.
AmGCAmGCF
Late in 2004. Comes a knock on the door it's no surprise.
AmGCFAmGCFAmGCF
Mother dry your eyes. MMMM, Mother don't ya cry, no no
Someone told you a lie. Yes he did. Why oh oh
Outro:
AmGCF
Mother don't you cry.
AmGCF
Mother don't you cry.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed. This arrangement was downloaded for free on UkuTabs.com.
Robert Cray (born August 1, 1953, Columbus, Georgia) is an American blues guitarist and singer. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he has led his own band (the Robert Cray Band), as well as an acclaimed solo career. In 2011, Cray was inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame.
While Cray was among artists such as Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Thorogood who got wider radio airplay and regular MTV video exposure during the late 1980s, he started playing guitar in his early teens.
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