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8th Of November Tab

by Big And Rich


This is my first tab ever so i hope i did ok. i had some trouble with the bridge but i 
it's ok. let me know what you think.

intro:   

Verse:

Said goodbye to his mamma as he left South Dakota
                              
to fight fot the red, white, and blue.


He was nineteen in green with a new M-16
                         
Just doing what he had to do.


He was dropped in the jungle where the choppers would rumble
                               
With the smell of napalm in the air.


And the seargent said
           
Look up ahead.


Like a dark evil cloud twelve hundred came down
                      
On him and 26 more.


They fought for their lives but most of them died
            
In the 173rd airborne.

Chorus:

On the 8th of November the angels were crying
                            
As they carried his brothers away.


With the fire raining down and the hell all around
                                     
There were few men left standing that day.

Bridge:
                            
Saw an eagle fly through a clear blue sky
 GD
1965
                         
the 8th of November.


Now he's 58 and his pony tail's gray
                                 
But the battle still plays in his head.


He limps when he walks but he's strong when he talks
                                    
About the shrapnell they left in his leg.


He puts on a suit over his airborne tatoo
                        
He ties it on one time a year.


He remembers the fallen as he orders a tall one
                             
And swallows it down with his tears.

Chorus:

On the 8th of November the angels were crying
                            
As they carried his brothers away.


With the fire raining down and the hell all around
                                     
There were few men left standing that day.

Bridge:(x2)
                           
Saw an eagle fly through a clear blue sky
 GD
1965
                         
the 8th of November

Chorus:(x3)

On the 8th of November the angels were crying
                            
As they carried his brothers away.


With the fire raining down and the hell all around
                                     
There were few men left standing that day.


Bridge:
                           
Saw an eagle fly through a clear blue sky
 GD
1965
                         
the 8th of November


Verse:

Said goodbye to his mamma as he left South Dakota
                              
to fight fot the red white and blue


He was nineteen in green with a new M-16
                         
Just doing what he had to do