INTRO: Am G (4x)Am C G I was proud to be the soldier I had been since '83Am F E When I joined to pay for college, like my brothers before meAm C G I was proud to serve my country and to be a fine MarineAm F E Am G Am G But pride cannot protect me from the things that I have seenAm C G When they shipped us out of Norfolk, my family came to waveAm F E My Mama stood there choking back the tears and looking braveAm C G And though we never spoke of it, we all feared it just the sameAm F E Am G Now they tell me I should talk about the things that I have seenContinúa después del anuncioF G Am I was trained to take the good shot, I was trained to clean my gunF Em F They trained me not to talk back and they trained me not to runAm C G And I was trained to be as silent as the shadow of a hawkAm F E Am G Am G No one trained me for the silence of the things that I have seenAm C G And once I saw an accident on Old Route 17Am F E Mama told me not to look at it, as we slowly passed the sceneAm C G Though the image of that wreckage was burned into my brainAm F E Am G That did not prepare me for the things that I have seenF G Am I thought I was a good man, I thought I was eliteF Em F I thought I'd fight the good fight, that I'd never see defeatAm C G And that we'd won that bloody war, how we laughed at their retreatAm F E Am G Now I wage a losing battle against the things that I have seenINSTRUMENTAL: Am G (7x)Am C G Just be glad modern science has given us so muchAm F E We can rifle through the channels without ever standing upAm C G But I can't find a station that's finally had enoughAm F E Am G Of this morbid fascination with the things that I have seenAm F E F G And me, I can't stop dreaming of these things that I have seen
The Things That I Have Seen
Richard Shindell
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