A G D A X2

[Verse 1]
        A
He was nineteen
         G
When he landed at Bagram
D               A
Scared and all alone
A                     G
He lost a leg and a girlfriend
D              A
Before he got home


[Chorus]
             A               G
And they say all is fair in love and war
     D                     A
But that ain't true, it's wrong
      A               G   
They send you off to die for us
D                          A
Forget about you when you don't

[Interlude]

A G D A

[Verse 2]
        A             G 
He was nineteen, then sixty-eight
 D              A
After all this time
       A                  G
That broken boy is now a broken man
D                 A
Waitin' in a V.A line


[Chorus]
             A               G
And they say all is fair in love and war
     D                     A
But that ain't true, it's wrong
      A               G   
They ship you out to die for us
D                          A
Forget about you when you don't


[Bridge]
          E
And the nightmares
          D
And he's running scared
         A
Far from home
        E
And he wakes up
        D
From a nightmare
         E
He's in another one
                A
He's still not home


[Solo]
A G D A X4


[Verse 3]
A                        G
They call 'em decorated heroes
     D                        A
And pin some medals on their chest
A                        G
Give 'em a tiny little pension
D                 A
Could we do much less


[Chorus]  
          A               G
They say all is fair in love and war
     D                     A
But that ain't true, it's wrong
      A               G   
They ship you out to die for us
D                          A
Forget about you when you don't