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Intro:
xA|------7-------7----------------------------------|
xE|--5-----5-------5------2-5---2-5---2-5---2-------|
xC|---------------------4-----4-----4-----4---------|
xG|----5-----4-5-----5------------------------------|
                                                                       
xA|------7-------7------------------------------7---|
xE|--5-----5-------5------2-5---2-5---2-5---2---3---|
xC|---------------------4-----4-----4-----4---------|
xG|----5-----4-5-----5--------------------------5---|

Verse:
                   Em7            Dm   Dm   C G  
When you're used up. Where do you go? Soldier.   
 Am     G          C      Am        G       C   
Mother dry you're eyes. There's no need to cry. I'm   
       F   Am            G        C  G   
not a boy. It's what I signed up for.  
   
Verse:
                  Em7             Dm    Dm  C G   
When you're used up. Where do you go? Soldier.   
Am       G        C    Am         G       C      F    
I can't take the heat. And I can hardly sleep,anymore.   
Am         G         C   
What'd we come here for?

Interlude: Am - x6 -
   
Chorus:
         Am          Am                  Am7      
Standing out here in the desert, trying to protect    
    Gbm7     Am         Am                     Am7   
an oiline. I'd really like to do my job, but this   
                    Gbm7      
ain't the country I had in mind.    
 Am              Am             Am7   
They call this a war on terror, I see a lot of   
          Gbm7      Am    Am             
civilians dying. Mothers,sons,fathers and daughters,   
 F                    G        
not to mention some friends of mine. Some friends of mine.   

Verse:
 Am                G          C      Am   G          
We're supposed to leave last week. Promises they don't   
 C      F      Am    G                    C   G   
keep anymore. Gotta fight the rich man's war.   

Interlude: Intro Riff / Am - x6 - 

Verse:                     
                    Em7            Dm  Dm   C G   
When you're used up. Where do you go? Soldier.   
 Am      G   C  Am     G            C             F   
Late in 2004. Comes a knock on the door it's no surprise.   
 Am      G       C F    Am  G                C    F   Am G C F   
Mother dry your eyes. MMMM, Mother don't ya cry, no no    
Someone told you a lie. Yes he did. Why oh oh   

Outro:
  Am    G         C   F  
Mother don't you cry.   
  Am    G         C   F  
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 was downloaded for free on UkuTabs.com.
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Biography

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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