The Patriots Dream

    G                        C
The songs of the wars are as old as 
the hills
     G                          A 
They cling like the rust on the 
              D
cold steel that kills
     G                             
They tell of the boys who went down
        C
 to the tracks
     D                         C  
In a patriotic manner with the 
                 G
cold steel on their backs


VERSE 2:
    G                     C
The patriot's dream is as old as the
 sky
    G                     A  
It lives in the lust of a cold 
          D
callous lie
      G                       
Let's drink to the men who got 
               C
caught by the chill
       D                       C  
Of the patriotic fever and the 
             G
cold steel that kills


Instrumental (Same as Verse)


VERSE 3:
    G                        
The train pulled away on that 
 C
glorious night
     G                        A   
The drummer got drunk and the 
       D
bugler got tight
          G                      
While the boys in the back sang a 
              C
song of good cheer
      D                         
While riding off to glory in the 
 C               G
spring of their years


VERSE 4:
    G                     C
The patriot's dream still lives on 
today
   G                         A    
It makes mothers weep and it makes
        D
 lovers pray
      G                       
Let's drink to the men who got 
               C
caught by the chill
       D                       C  
Of the patriotic fever and the 
             G
cold steel that kills


  *#(On 6th string strum/pluck notes
 G - F# - E while slowing tempo)#*
Continúa después del anuncio
          *#(In other words, walk 
down bass slowing pace)#*


VERSE 5:
Em         G     D        Em    
Well there was a sad, sad lady, 
G       D         Em
weeping all night long
      G        D        Em       
She received a sad, sad message, 
       G            D   Em
from a voice on the telephone
    G        D        Em         
Her children were all sleeping, 
      G      D       Em
as she waited out the dawn
    G         D          Em      
How could she tell those 
             G      D        G
children, that their father was shot
 down
    G         D      Em          
She took them to her side that 
           G         D      Em
day, and she told them one by one
      G     D     Em    
Your father was a good man 
       G        D          G     B7
ten-thousand miles from home____
   Am              D           G 
He tried to do his duty and it 
                   Cmaj7
took him straight to hell
   Am               D         G  
He might be in some prison, I 
               Cmaj7  Am
hope he's treated well


VERSE 6:
Em         G     D          Em 
Well there was a young girl 
             G     D    Em
watching in the early afternoon
         G         D       Em    
When she heard the name of 
      G         D       Em
someone who said he'd be home soon
        G        D        Em     
And she wondered how they got 
          G      D       Em
him, but the papers did not tell
            G     D        Em    
There would be no sweet reunion, 
            G     D       G
there would be no wedding bells
       G         D    Em         
So she took herself into her room
         G          D          Em
 and she turned the bed sheets down
        G       D      Em        
And she cried into the silken 
      G       D       G     B7
folds of her new wedding gown____
   Am              D           G 
He tried to do his duty and it 
                   Cmaj7
took him straight to hell
   Am               D         G  
He might be in some prison, I 
               Cmaj7  Am
hope he's treated well


VERSE 7:
Em         G      D       Em   
Well there was an old man 
          G       D      Em
sitting in his mansion on the hill
       G          D        Em    
And he thought of his good 
          G         D      Em
fortune and the time he'd yet to 
kill
        G      D      Em         
Well he called to his wife one 
         G        D    Em
day, "Come sit with me awhile"
     G         D        Em        
Then turning toward the sunset, he
 G        D      G
 smiled a wicked smile
          G        D      Em     
"Well I'd like to say I'm sorry 
       G      D          Em
for the sinful deeds I've done
    G       D      Em             
But let me first remind you, I'm a
 G    D    G    B7
 patriotic son____"
     Am                 D          
They tried to do their duty and it 
G                    Cmaj7
took 'em straight to hell
     Am               D         G
They might be in some prison, I 
                    Cmaj7  Am
hope they're treated well

            *#(Increase tempo to 
original)#*


VERSE 8:
    G                        C
The songs of the wars are as old as 
the hills
     G                          A 
They cling like the rust on the 
              D
cold steel that kills
     G                             
They tell of the boys who went down
        C
 to the tracks
     D                         C  
In a patriotic manner with the 
                 G
cold steel on their backs


VERSE 9:
    G                        
The train pulled away on that 
 C
glorious night
     G                        A   
The drummer got drunk and the 
       D
bugler got tight
          G                      
While the boys in the back sang a 
              C
song of good cheer
      D                         
While riding off to glory in the 
 C               G
spring of their years


VERSE 10:
    G                     C
The patriot's dream still lives on 
today
   G                         A    
It makes mothers weep and it makes
        D
 lovers pray
      G                       
Let's drink to the men who got 
               C
caught by the chill
       D                       C  
Of the patriotic fever and the 
             G
cold steel that kills