Private First Class Cifras

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
As recorded by Kevin Devine
(From the 2013 Album BUBBLEGUM)
 
Capo 3rd fret.
if you don't want to use a capo transpose +3 steps.
 
 
[Intro]
Dm   Bb   Dm   Bb
C
 
 
[Verse 1]
F                                   Am   F
Private Manning standing in a court room
Bb                                  C
Pleading guilty; she shouldn't have to
F                                                 Am     F
Truth be told, she should be floating down parade routes
Bb                                               C
But - the truth WAS told, and what good did that do?
 
 
[Chorus]
      Gm      C Dm
If it was you
                                 Bb F
You might wish you'd been born a liar
Dm                               Bb F
You might wish you'd been born a liar
Dm                               Bb F
You might wish you'd been born a liar
  Bb F
A liar
  Bb C
A coward
 
 
[Verse 2]
F                                           Am  F
Her conscience barked as she watched our Apache
Bb                      C
Cowboy-kill civilian Iraqis
F                                       Am
Their laughter rolled like tanks over bodies
F             Bb                                C
She thought: "What if everyone could see what I see?"
 
 
[Chorus]
      Gm      C Dm
If it was you
                                 Bm F
You might wish you'd been born a liar
Dm                               Bb F
You might wish you'd been born a liar
Dm                               Bb F
You might wish you'd been born a liar
  Bb F
A liar
    C
A coward
 
 
[Bridge]
              Gm
9 months in a hole
             Dm
3 years in a cage
             Am
For having a soul
         Bb
The American way
              Gm
9 months in a hole
             Dm
3 years in a cage
             Am
For having a soul
             Dm
The American way
 
 
[Guitar Solo]
Bb   Dm F  Bb  B C
Db  Dm
 
 
[Out-Chorus]
      Gm      C Dm
If it was you
                                 Bm F
You might wish you'd been born a liar
Dm                               Bb F
You might wish you'd been born a liar
Dm                               Bb F
You might wish you'd been born a liar
  Bb F
A liar
    C
A coward
          Dm    F  Bb  Db  Dm
And not a hero
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