Blinding Flashes

Em [Verse 1] Em C D Em The lifeless body of hero lay in silence C D Em Face down in the dirt of the land that his fathers sewed D Em So unceremonious and callous D Em In a ditch of a shed on a dusty desert road C G D Em Ira spoke the proud tongue of the Pima C D Em Yet he stood to fight when the bombs fell on his shores. D Em Cut his teeth on the isle of Iwo Jima D Em And the fame that he gained only filled him with remorse [Chorus] C G He'd say the lights and flashes all are just a show D Em He'd say the real ones don't live to see another C G And when the day is done you'll see the afterglow D Em Until it dulls and fades away [Verse 2] C G Em Survivor's guilt in the spotlight of the nation C D Em would quickly drive the most pious men to drink D Em And when the papers cite your every altercation D Em You're an outcast on raft that's built to sink [Chorus] C G He'd say the lights and flashes all are just a show D Em He'd say the real ones don't live to see another C G And when the day is done you'll see the afterglow D Em Until it dulls and fades away [Chorus] C G He'd say the lights and flashes all are just a show D Em He'd say the real ones don't live to see another C G And when the day is done you'll see the afterglow D Em Until it dulls and fades away [Verse 3] C And he was outcast G He was defamed D Em He was hated, he was loved, he was a symbol C G He was a hero to his kind, he was a leader to the blind D And he was praised Em He was Ira Hayes