G | G | G | G ||
[Verse 1]
GF
When I was a child I heard them coming from my Sisters room
AmAm* G*
and they spoke of peace and love and war and hate and hope and doom.
GF
And I knew they would change the world and mend this broken nation,
AmAm* G*
now they feel like memories, coming from the oldies station.
[Chorus]
EmC
Just a bunch of words in a simple chain,
AmG
on a hotel napkin with a red wine stain.
EmA
Just a bunch of words and some simple chords,
F* C* G
that will soon be gone, just a song.
[Verse 2]
GF
The monkey took my friend and beat him right into the ground,
AmAm* G*
so, I was there the day they spread his ashes all around.
GF
I sang one I wrote for him but felt just like a hack,
AmAm* G*
because I knew my pretty, little ditty, wasn't ever gonna bring him back.
[Chorus]
EmC
Just a bunch of words in a simple chain,
AmG
on a hotel napkin with a red wine stain.
EmA
Just a bunch of words and some simple chords,
F* C* G
that will soon be gone, just a song.
[Bridge]
F* C* G
One to move us, one to sooth us, one to educate,
F* Am* DE
major happy, minor sad, sometimes modulate, ...
[Verse 3] (Key Change to A)
AG
I know a pirate in the Caribbean who's broken all the rules,
BmBm* A*
now he stands and sings for drunken kids from NY private schools.
AG
I ask him how he keeps it up and his eyes begin to glisten,
BmBm* A*
He says: "it's who I am, it's what I do, on the off chance they might listen" ...
[Chorus]
F#mD
to a bunch of words in a simple chain,
BmA
on a hotel napkin with a red wine stain.
F#mB
Just a bunch of words and some simple chords,
G* D* A
that will soon be gone, just a song, yeah.
[End-Chorus]
F#mD
Just a bunch of words in a simple chain,
BmA
and a happy tune and a sad refrain.
F#mB
Just a bunch of words and some simple chords,
G* D* A
that will soon be gone, just a song.
[Outro]
G* D* A
But right or wrong, it's just a song,
G* D* A
we gotta soldier on, it's just a song.
AA
Gotta soldier on, oh, yeah, gotta soldier on, sing my song,
AA
gotta soldier on, right or wrong, gotta soldier on, gotta soldier on.
AA
Gotta soldier on, soldier on, gotta soldier on, sing my song,
N.C.
gotta soldier on, sing my song, oh yeah.