intro: x2
Verse:
()*
Said goodbye to his momma 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 twenty-nine 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
Saw an eagle fly through a clear blue sky
Nineteen-sixty-five
NC ()*
the 8th of November
()*
Now he's fifty-eight 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
Saw an eagle fly through a clear blue sky
Nineteen-sixty-five
NC ()*
the 8th of November
()*
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
()*
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
Saw an eagle fly through a clear blue sky
Nineteen-sixty-five
()*
the 8th of November
()*
Verse:
()*
Said goodbye to his momma as he left south dakota
to fight fot the red white and blue
()8
He was nineteen in green with a new M-16
Just doing what he had to do
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* You don't need to play this D, but Big Kenny plays it live. I think it sounds good,
it makes it so you are not holding A out so long. Its a good song, don't be afraid to let
ring for a little, i.e. only strum F once until the G on "saw the eagle fly", it sounds best. ENJOY!