The Tears On Lincolns Face
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
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"The Tears on Lincoln's Face" - Tommy Cash
Track 3 of 11 on the album "Rise and Shine" (1970)
[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCZBD5Gibeo [!]
[!] Capo on 1st fret [!]
[Intro]
A G D
A G D
A
[Verse 1]
A D A
The unknown soldier's turning in his grave
D E7
Has our country gone so far it can't be saved?
A D A
Will Miss Liberty ever smile again?
E7 A
What was built by God, will it be destroyed by man?
[Chorus]
A D A E7 A
I see Washington at Valley Forge, Jackson at New Orleans
D A E7 A
Jim Bowie at the Alamo, they all had a common dream
A D A
See everyone in the whole wide world united as a peaceful race
A G D A
We don't heed their call, this nation's gonna fall like the tears on Lincoln's face
G D A
F7 A#
[Verse 2]
A# D# A#
The Prince of Peace walked among us long ago
D# F7
He warned us that we'd reap just what we sow
A# D# A#
We no longer have the faith of a mustard seed
F7 A#
'cause we're sowing anger, hate and greed
[Chorus]
A# D# A# F7 A#
I see Washington at Valley Forge, Jackson at New Orleans
D# A# F7 A#
Jim Bowie at the Alamo, they all had a common dream
A# D# A#
See everyone in the whole wide world united as a peaceful race
A# G# D#
And if we don't heed their call, this nation's gonna fall like the tears on Lincoln's
A#
face
[Outro Chorus]
A# D# A# F7 A#
I see Washington at Valley Forge, Jackson at New Orleans
D# A# F7 A#
Jim Bowie at the Alamo, they all had a common dream
A# D# A#
See everyone in the whole wide world united as a peaceful race...
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