8th Of November

Intro: A   G  D  (x2)

          A
Said goodbye to his mama as he left 
South Dakota
    G                            D
To fight for the red, white and blue
       A
He was 19 and green with a new M-16
      G                   D
Just doin' what he had to do
         A
He was dropped in the jungle where 
the choppers would rumble
          G                      D
With the smell of napalm in the air
          A                  G
Then the sergeant said, look up 
ahead

        A
Like a dark evil cloud 1200 came 
down
    G          D
On him and 29 more
       A
They fought for their lives but most
 of them died
       G         D
In the 173rd airborne

Continues after the ad
Chorus:
        A
On the 8th of November the angels 
were cryin'
         G                     D
As they carried his brothers away
          A
With the fire raining down and the 
hell all around
            G                   
There were few men left standing 
       D
that day
         F                   G
Saw the eagle fly through a clear 
blue sky
F  G                 A      G  D
1965, the 8th of November

     A
Now he's 58 and his ponytail's gray
         G                       
But the battle still plays in his 
  D
head
    A
He limps when he walks but he's 
strong when he talks
          G                   D
Bout the shrapnel left in his leg
        A
He puts on a gray suit over his 
airborne tattoo
        G                     D
And he ties it on one time a year
       A (one strum)
And remembers the fallin' as he 
order's a tall one
G                          D
Swallows it down with his tears

CHORUS

A   G  D

         F (one strum)        G (one
 strum)
Saw the eagle fly through a clear 
blue sky
F  G (one strum each)
1965

CHORUS x2 (1st 4 lines then whole 
thing)

          A
Said goodbye to his mama as he left 
South Dakota
    G                            D
To fight for the red, white and blue
       A
He was 19 and green with a new M-16
      G                   D
Just doin' what he had to do