Til The Last Shots Fired Cifras

[Verse 1]
Em                           D   C
I was there in the winter of '64
         Am                   C           Em
When we camped in the ice at Nashville's doors
      G                  C         D
Three hundred miles our trail had lead
   Am                  C        Em
We barely had time to bury our dead
          Em                      C      D
When the Yankees charged and the colors fell
Am                  C     Em
Overton hill was a living hell
                               C      D
When we called retreat it was almost dark
Am                      C      Em
I died with a grapeshot in my heart
 
 
[Chorus]
C       D         Em
Say a prayer for peace
C         G      D
For every fallen son
C      D      Em
Set my spirit free
    C      G       D
Let me lay down my gun
      Am          C       Em
Sweet mother Mary I'm so tired
      C                D                    Em
But I can't come home until the last shot's fired
 
 
[Verse 2]
   Em               D     C
In June of nineteen forty four
   Am                     C       Em
I waited in the blood of Omaha's shores
G               C         D
Twenty-one and scared to death
Am                C      Em
My heart pounding in my chest
                   C        D
I almost made the first sea wall
     Am                    C      Em
When my friends turned and saw me fall
         G                      C        Am
I still smell the smoke, I can taste the mud
                             C       Em
As I lay there dying from a loss of blood
 
 
[Chorus]
 C       D         Em
Say a prayer for peace
C         G      D
For every fallen son
C      D      Em
Set my spirit free
    C      G       D
Let me lay down my gun
      Am          C       Em
Sweet mother Mary I'm so tired
      C                D                    Em
But I can't come home until the last shot's fired
 
 
[Verse 3]
C
I'm in the fields of Vietnam
Em
The mountains of Afghanistan
C
And I'm still hoping, waiting, praying
Em               D
I did not die in vain
 
 
[Chorus]
C       D         Em
Say a prayer for peace
C         G      D
For every fallen son
C      D      Em
Set my spirit free
    C      G       D
Let me lay down my gun
      Am          C       Em
Sweet mother Mary I'm so tired
      C                D                    Em
But I can't come home until the last shot's fired
 
 
[Bridge]
C      D         Em
Say a prayer for peace (for peace)
         C        G       D
For our daughters and our sons
C       D       Em
Set our spirits free (set us free)
    C      G        D
Let us lay down our guns
 
 
[Outro]
      Am           C         Em
Sweet mother Mary, we're so tired
       C
But we can't come home (No we can't come home)
D                     Em
Until the last shot's fired
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