The Big Parade
10000 Maniacs
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G D | Em | [Verse 1]G D Em Detroit to D.C.,C D Am Night train, capitol, parts eastG D Em Lone young man takes a seatA D Em And by the rhythm of the railsG D Em Reading all his mother's mailC D Am From a city boy in a jungle townG D Em Postmarked : Saigon [Refrain]G C G He'll go live his mother's dreamG C Join the slowest parade he'll everD seeC D Her weight of sorrows carried longAm and carried farG Am Em "Take these, Tommy, to the wall"D G Metro line to the mall site with a tour of JapaneseEm He's wandering and lost untilContinúa después del anuncioG A vet in worn fatiguesC G Am Takes him down to where they belong. [Vers 2]G D Em Near a soldier, an ex-marineG D Em With a tattooed dagger and eagle tremblingC D He bites his lip beside a widowAm breaking downG D She takes her purple heart, makesEm a fist, strikes the wall [Refrain]G C G All come to live a dreamG C To join the slowest parade they'llD ever seeC D Their weight of sorrows carriedAm long and carried farG Am Em Are taken to the wallD G It's 40 paces to the year that he was slainEm His hand's slipping down the wallD G for it's slick with rainC G How would life have ever been theAm G sameC G If this wall had carved in it oneAm G less name? [Bridge]Em But for Christ's sake, he's beenD G dead over 20 yearsEm He leaves the letters askingG "who caused my mother's tearsC G Am Was it Washington or the Viet Cong?" [Verse 3]G D Em Slow deliberate steps are involvedG D Em He takes them away from the black granite wallC D Toward the other monuments soAm white and cleanG D Em O, Potomac, what you've seenC D Am Abraham had his war tooG Am But an honest warEm Or so it's taught in school.