A Fathers Arms

Intro:
D A Bm G D A
D                   A          Bm
The news it came to me as a surprise
       G                D         
And I knew that I would have to 
      A
deal in time
           D          A           
And as the messenger walked right 
         Bm
off the porch
     G           D           
A memory came to me from times 
     A
before

I remember when my dad was called 
away
My mother put his pictures all away
And now the time had come for me to 
go
To my love my tears I tried not to 
show

Chorus:
G                     A
With tear drops on my face
          D                Bm
Thinking 'bout that old homeplace
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G                 A              D
Riding across the planes in the rain

Banjo Solo

    D               A             
The letters from my dad described 
    Bm
the war
    G                D            
His food was canned, his boots 
           A
they made him sore
        D              A          
And one letter from my dad spoke 
    Bm
of a friend
        G                D        
Who got lost between the water and
     A
 the land

Now I'm the one writing letters to 
my son
I'll be home as soon as the 
fightin's done
With my gun in hand I guess it's 
hard to see
What it was that used to be inside 
of me

[ Chorus ]

[Guitar Solo]

Bm                             F#
Today we moved in sight of the enemy
           A                       
Though I didn't even know what they
      F#
 had done
     Bm                   F#
The general yelled to me, when I 
count to three
A                             Bm  
Get on your feet and start to run
F#  A


D               A            Bm
That's the last event I can recall
     G               D            
The tent was big but could not 
     A
hold us all
            D               A     
Though I'll never know what got 
          Bm
the best of me
  G               D                
I swear I felt my dad looking over 
A
me