G | G | G | G ||
[Verse 1]
G F
When I was a child I heard them coming from my Sisters room
Am Am* G*
and they spoke of peace and love and war and hate and hope and doom.
G F
And I knew they would change the world and mend this broken nation,
Am Am* G*
now they feel like memories, coming from the oldies station.
[Chorus]
Em C
Just a bunch of words in a simple chain,
Am G
on a hotel napkin with a red wine stain.
Em A
Just a bunch of words and some simple chords,
F* C* G
that will soon be gone, just a song.
[Verse 2]
G F
The monkey took my friend and beat him right into the ground,
Am Am* G*
so, I was there the day they spread his ashes all around.
G F
I sang one I wrote for him but felt just like a hack,
Am Am* G*
because I knew my pretty, little ditty, wasn't ever gonna bring him back.
[Chorus]
Em C
Just a bunch of words in a simple chain,
Am G
on a hotel napkin with a red wine stain.
Em A
Just a bunch of words and some simple chords,
F* C* G
that will soon be gone, just a song.
[Bridge]
F* C* G
One to move us, one to sooth us, one to educate,
F* Am* D E
major happy, minor sad, sometimes modulate, ...
[Verse 3] (Key Change to A)
A G
I know a pirate in the Caribbean who's broken all the rules,
Bm Bm* A*
now he stands and sings for drunken kids from NY private schools.
A G
I ask him how he keeps it up and his eyes begin to glisten,
Bm Bm* A*
He says: "it's who I am, it's what I do, on the off chance they might listen" ...
[Chorus]
F#m D
to a bunch of words in a simple chain,
Bm A
on a hotel napkin with a red wine stain.
F#m B
Just a bunch of words and some simple chords,
G* D* A
that will soon be gone, just a song, yeah.
[End-Chorus]
F#m D
Just a bunch of words in a simple chain,
Bm A
and a happy tune and a sad refrain.
F#m B
Just a bunch of words and some simple chords,
G* D* A
that will soon be gone, just a song.
[Outro]
G* D* A
But right or wrong, it's just a song,
G* D* A
we gotta soldier on, it's just a song.
A A
Gotta soldier on, oh, yeah, gotta soldier on, sing my song,
A A
gotta soldier on, right or wrong, gotta soldier on, gotta soldier on.
A A
Gotta soldier on, soldier on, gotta soldier on, sing my song,
N.C.
gotta soldier on, sing my song, oh yeah.
