The Blue And The Gray
Lucero
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Em7 D Cadd9 G D G [Verse]Em7 D The family's been here forCadd9 G The last hundred yearsG D G And it's all that he's ever knownEm7 D Life in the cotton fieldsCadd9 G Swamps and the rolling hillsG D G Always called Arkansas homeD But when the war came like his father beforeC G He joined the armyC G And went to the warEm7 D Leaving the rolling hillsCadd9 G Swamps and the cotton fieldsG D G Bound for a Normandy shore [Riff]Em7 D Cadd9 G D G [Verse 2]Em7 D The patch that he wore onCadd9 G His uniformG D G Was both blue and greyEm7 D The colors of men who diedContinues after the adCadd9 G Fighting another fightG D G And more would die todayD At Omaha beach against GermanyCadd9 G A young country boyC G Struggled out of the seaEm7 D Up on the sand whereCadd9 G Many a manG D G Would never know victory [Riff]Em7 D Cadd9 G D G [Verse 3]Em7 D Fought the entire timeCadd9 G Up on the front lineG D G It was lonely, bloody and coldEm7 D The only relief he'd findC G Might be some old French wineG D G The water was all dirty and frozeD But he was luckier than some, a better soldier than mostCadd9 G He came back from EuropeC G But never got homeEm7 D Now he's back on the farmCadd9 G But not out of harmG D G He drank so the pain wouldn't show [Riff]Em7 D Cadd9 G D G [Verse 4]Em7 D Well he left behindCadd9 G My brothers and IG D G We never really knew him at allEm7 D I barely remember himCadd9 G Smoking with a grinG D G But looking mean; standing tallD Well I can only hope that he wouldn't be ashamedC G Of the man I becomeC G And the life that I madeEm7 D And he did the hardest partC G And lived life with all his heartG D G And I hope I don't let him down