Gary Stephens - My Brother Was A Soldier
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
1st traste
[Verse 1]
F G
My brother was a soldier
C Am
In the jungles of Viet Nam
F G
No more than a boy when they took him
C Am
They brought him home a wounded man
G C
They pinned some medals on his chest
F G
Purple heart a bronze and silver star
C Am
Some days he felt like he was in a prison
F G
Though his prison had no bars
[Verse 2]
F G
A hero and a warrior
C Am
He made it home but saw too many friends die
F G
I was with him at the wall
C Am
He read their names and then he cried
G C
No parades for returning heros
F G
Just relief that their tour was done
C Am
It seems the nation lost it's way
F G
In a war that could not be won
[Chorus]
C Am
My brother was a soldier
F G
He deserved a better fate
C Am
One thing the nation never told him
F G
Back in sixty eight
C G
Was Welcome home welcome home
F C
Welcome home welcome home
[Verse 3]
F G
Too painful to remember
C Am
He pushed some memories way down deep
F G
But now those horrors won't stay buried
C Am
And he relives them in his sleep
G C
He's walking with a cane these days
F G
Sometimes he stumbles sometimes he falls
C Am
But when he sees old glory waving
F G
You'll see him standing tall
[Chorus]
C Am
My brother was a soldier
F G
He deserved a better fate
C Am
So if I never told you
F G
I hope I'm not too late
C G
To say welcome home welcome home
F C
Welcome home welcome home
[Verse 3]
F G
I wish we could have known
C Am
How you suffered in your silence
F G
We really should have seen
C Am
All the pain you kept inside
G C
Soon you'll be leaving
F G
And you'll journey to the other side
C Am
Where your loved ones will be waiting
F G
And their arms will open wide
C G
Saying welcome home welcome home
F C
Welcome home Welcome home
How to play Gary Stephens - My Brother Was A Soldier
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