G           D          A          D
E|-2-2-0-0-------|-2-2-0-----|-2-2-0-----|-3-2-0-----|-2-2-0---|
B|---------------|-------3---|-------3-2-|-------3---|-------3-|
G|---------2-2-0-|---------2-|-----------|---------2-|---------|
D|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
A|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
E|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
                                                        In 197--
  G                     D
E|--1,| I hung up chicken bone
                 A           G D
On the old chandelier at the Sawdust Saloon
        G                  D
Medical exam cleared me to fight
                A         G            D
My mother said stay and I thought that I might
                     G                  D
When my brother said stay that's when I went
           G     D             A         
'Cause you never know who might go in your stead
                  G                  D
So I showed up on time to meet my platoon
    G         D                  A      D
And hung up a bone in the Sawdust Saloon

           G            D         A           D
E|-2-2-0-----|-2-2-0-----|-2-2-0-----|------------|
B|-------2-0-|-------3---|-------3-2-|-0-0--------|
G|-----------|---------2-|-----------|-----2-2--2-|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|

              G                    D
With Jimmy Tassone, I used to play ball
                   A            G          D
Now he sits here beside me and talks like a man
             G                             D
Looks like a man, he says he shoots like a man
                A                    G            D
But no medal of honor could make his Mom move back in
                      G                            D
So he said, "My drunk father, I'll be back for you soon."
    G           D           A      D         D7
But Jimmy still hangs in the Sawdust Saloon

              G                            D
And I love my country with a deep frenzied love
    G               D          A               
Her legs spread out wide and her nose turned up
                  G                  D
So I showed up on time to meet my platoon
    G         D                  A      D
And hung up a bone in the Sawdust Saloon

           G            D         A           D
E|-2-2-0-----|-2-2-0-----|-2-2-0------|-------------|
B|-------2-0-|-------3---|-------3-2~-|-~2-3--------|
G|-----------|---------2-|------------|-------2-0---|
D|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------4-|
A|-----------|-----------|------------|-------------|
E|-----------|-----------|------------|-------------|

                  G                       D
The candle in the window, the coin in the well
                  A              G           D
The break in your voice, and the crack in the bell
               G                       D
All raise up a round, without saying a word
                  A               G            D
To them old dusty bones and those good men that served
                 G                D
Who showed up on time to meet the platoon
    G           D           A      D         D
And hung up the bones at the Sawdust Saloon