[Intro] G
G C G
Mother,try to do right by you
C G
To do what you asked me to
D G C G
I did wrong and I knew
G C G
Mother I tried to behave for you
C G
Now I'm a digging a grave for you
D G C G
It was all I could do
D C
Find a way back home, make everything new
G
But I wish it was true
( C G C )
( G C G )
G C G
Father, well I gave my soul to you
C G
I came in blind folded for you
D G C G
It was all that I knew
D C
Open your arms and I'll fly out of hell up to you
G C G
I wish it was true
Am C
Boy come on out from the cold
G
Your lost outside there, don't you know
D
It's not what you say it's what you do
Am
Just keep wishing your wishes are true
C
Well your dreams they're reality now
G
There's no pain there's no misery
D
Just polish the blood and the bruise
C
There's just no way you can lose
G C G
But I wish it was true
G C G
Country, I was a soldier for you
C G
I did what you asked me to
D G C G
It was wrong and you knew
G C G
Country, now I'm just a stranger to you
C G
A number a name it's true
D G C G
Throw me away when you're through
D C
Home of the brave and free, the red white and blue
G
But I wish it was true
( G C G )
