My Hand

     Am       E           F       C
If I ever get out of this prison alive,
            F                  C
I'll run straight back to the war
    F            E
to join with my side.
          Am           E
But the voices that I hear
             F             C
through the walls late at night.
          F             C
Tell the tales of the brave ones
      F             E
who fought and who died.
     F           C
My sunsets our sliver
     Dm           E
of light upon my wall
    F             C                 Dm             E
10 feet above my head, but I don't see the sun at all.


[Chorus]
           Am
That's my hand,
           F
that's my hand.
  C
Holding my flag
     Dm       E
as high as I can.
           Am
That's my hand,
           F
that's my hand.
           C
Let the stripes on my shoulder
   Dm          Am
explain who I am.


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         Am        E           F    C
And if I ever get out of this war alive,
           F                  C
I'll run straight back to my farm
         F             E
to my children and my wife.
      Am              E
She looks out on the land
           F            C
that our crops used to fill,
           F               C
and she remembers a young man
            F             E
behind the horse in the field.
         F               C
She's probably chopping wood
              Dm            E
before the leaves begin to fall.
      F              C                  Dm             E
She looks out every day, but she don't see her man at all.


[Chorus]
           Am
That's my hand,
           F
that's my hand.
  C
Holding my flag
     Dm       E
as high as I can.
           Am
That's my hand,
           F
that's my hand.
           C
Let the laughter of my children
   Dm         Am
explain who I am.



[Verse]
          Am        E           F     C
And if I never get out of this world alive,
            F               C
I want my family to be with me
          F           E
holding hands at my bedside.
          Am            E
And if I have any last words,
              F                  C
I hope that they would come out right.
                   F          C
Words like don't delay your love,
           F                   E
don't be afraid to waste your time.
           F                 C
When the sunset is the last one
   Dm             E
I know I'll ever see,
          F               C
does the sacrifice of my generation
Dm             E
die along with me?


[Chorus]
           Am
That's my hand,
           F
that's my hand.
  C
Holding my flag
     Dm       E
as high as I can.
           Am
That's my hand,
           F
that's my hand.
           C
Let the words on my tombstone
   Dm         Am
explain who I am.