Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Gb Db [Verse 1] Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Ab Ab7 I am a veteran of the war Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Ab Ab7 I up and joined the army back in nineteen sixty four Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Ab Ab7 At sixteen I just had to be a man at any cost Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Ab Gb/Db I volunteered for Vietnam where I got my leg shot off [Pre-Chorus 1] Fm Gb/Db Db I recall a quote from a movie that said who's more a man Fm Fm7 Gb/Db Eb Eb/G Than a man with a reason that's worth dying for [Chorus 1] Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 They had me stan-ding on the front li-ne Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 They had me stan-ding on the front li-ne Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 They had me stan-ding on the front li-ne, but now I stand at the Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Gb Db Back of the line when it comes to getting a-head [Verse 2] Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Ab Ab7 They gave me a uniform and a tiny salty pill Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Ab Ab7 To stop the big urge I might have for the wrong kind of thrill Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Ab Ab7 They put a gun in my hand and said, shoot until he's dead Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Ab Gb/Db But it's hard to kill when 'please, I'm your friend' echoes through your head [Pre-Chorus 2] Fm Gb/Db Db Brought up in church taught no man should take another's life Fm Fm7 Gb/Db Eb Eb/G But then put in a jungle where life has no price [Chorus 2] Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 They had me stan-ding on the front li-ne Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 They had me stan-ding on the front li-ne Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 They had me stan-ding on the front li-ne, but now I stand at the Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Gb Db Back of the line when it comes to getting a-head [Bridge] Bbm Gbmaj7 Gb6 Back in the world the paper reads to-day Bbm Gbmaj7 Gb6 Another war is in the brewing Db Ebm7 Db But what about the lives of yester-day and the Gbmaj7 Db/Eb Ebsus2 Many happy families that have been ruined [Verse 3] Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Ab Ab7 My niece is a hooker and my nephew's a junkie too Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Ab Ab7 But they say I have no right to tell them how they should do Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Ab Ab7 They laugh and say quit bragging 'bout the war you should never have been in Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Ab Gb/Db But my mind is so brain-washed I'd probably go back and do it again [Pre-Chorus 3] Fm Gb/Db Db I walk the neighborhood par-ading my purple heart Fm Fm7 Gb/Db Eb Eb/G With a fear of agent orange that no one will stop [Chorus 3] Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 They had me stan-ding on the front li-ne Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 They had me stan-ding on the front li-ne Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 They had me stan-ding on the front li-ne, but now I stand at the Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Gb Db Back of the line when it comes to getting a-head Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 They had me stan-ding on the front li-ne Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 They had me stan-ding on the front li-ne Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 They had me stan-ding on the front li-ne, but now I stand at the Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Gb Db Back of the line when it comes to getting a-head Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 They had me stan-ding on the front li-ne Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 They had me stan-ding on the front li-ne Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 They had me stan-ding on the front li-ne, but now I stand at the Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Gb Db Back of the line when it comes to getting a-head [Solo] Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Gb Db Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Gb Db Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Gb Db Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Gb Db [Outro] Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab Ab7 Ab Ab7sus4 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Dbsus2 Db Db9 Ab